Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: C structure portability, naughty Python Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:05:12 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: <20260105110512.00004e2a@gmail.com> References: <10j9a1l$1toj$1@gal.iecc.com> <10j9vvr$23cp$2@gal.iecc.com> <10jb0is$172cb$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nntp.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b2391d08a3fc6e672fef609ec53bb1a2"; logging-data="3320097"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18VLe7YbbQVkNpqUcypLaASPirf1nNpzRg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:m91JtDpryPawuDE308KkMkSPhzw= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80529 alt.folklore.computers:233206 On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 07:03:38 -0500 Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > I once created an audio playback app with class hierarchies in C, > rather than C++. It was an interesting experiment, and it worked. But > that's the last time I tried that. Yeah, I've long thought something like that would be an interesting exercise...but then I have to ask myself whether it'd be worth the trouble in anything I'm actually *doing.*