> There are a number of features in C++ that don't cause run-time overhead
> and make programming nicer. Function overloading and (non-virtual) classes
> are among them. But a compiler that provides these without the rest is not
> a C++ compiler, and I'm not sure it's economically viable to implement all
> the rest for the little use some of it would have.

So what's the trouble to get a full C++ compiler and use only the 
features you like? I teach both C and C++ programming. The C students 
often use the compiler in C++ mode without noticing.

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