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> Is there any compelling reason that rmake.cc is a C++ source
> instead of simply being rmake.c ??

Because I *like* C++ and I wrote it initially in C++.  Back then, C
was a weak language and C++ offered many advantages even if you kept
it C-like.  Plus, every machine I built on had a C++ compiler, so why
not?