The client itself was C++, so it would have been the natural choice. But we didn't want the ABI liability since it was shipped in binary form. So libspotify bec

The client itself was C++, so it would have been the natural choice. But we didn't want the ABI liability since it was shipped in binary form. So libspotify became a thin C-wrapper over the C++ core. That way, we didn't have to worry about vtable layouts blowing up.