> A GNU project in C++, isn't this unusual? No, GNU Octave and gnash are also mostly written in C++: https://www.ohloh.net/p/gnash/analyses/latest/languages_s

> A GNU project in C++, isn't this unusual? No, GNU Octave and gnash are also mostly written in C++: https://www.ohloh.net/p/gnash/analyses/latest/languages_summary https://www.ohloh.net/p/gnash/analyses/latest/languages_summ... https://www.ohloh.net/p/octave/analyses/latest/languages_summary https://www.ohloh.net/p/octave/analyses/latest/languages_sum... The GNU coding standards were altered not long ago to say that C++ is ok nowadays.