Mark Mitchell says "Using C++ in GCC is OK"

There is some good level-headed non-dogmatic discussion in this thread. Here's some: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-05/msg00757.html

As another comment points out, this decision was made a year ago. Any updates on how the transition is going?

I searched a little, but found nothing. I did happen across an interesting earlier proposal though: http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/187

[May 2010]

Feeling the pressure from LLVM? It's programmed almost entirely in C++.