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> Lots of good C++ based systems have been written before any of the above existed. That proves that they are not "needs" but merely "wants".

By the same argument, plenty of good code was written in C before C++ existed, so the entirety of C++ is "wants" rather than "needs".

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Yes, In a very strict sense it is true for many experienced programmers and their domains of expertise. So when a expert embedded systems guy tells me that he will not touch C++ for his project, i understand and only ask him to look at C++ as a "Better C" and nothing more. All features are not equal and some are obviously more beneficial than others eg. simple user defined types i.e. class value types vs class hierarchies.

A good example is Linus Torvalds opposition to the use of C++ in the Kernel.

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