Linking boost bind is unfair. I find it ironic that you dislike C++11 but the example you link to is only bloated due to the lack of the very same features tha

Linking boost bind is unfair. I find it ironic that you dislike C++11 but the example you link to is only bloated due to the lack of the very same features that C++11 adds (in this case variadic templates would make that file 10 times smaller). And it only really exists in the first place to paper over the lack of lambda functions, which C++11 also added. Modern C++11 code is much easier to read and understand. The majority of added features are all about promoting that very ideal.