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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 07:06:57 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> But C++ isn=E2=80=99t really OO. It=E2=80=99s a kind of frankenmix of som=
e OO-like=20
> features in with a bunch of other random things.

This bears repeating. As someone whose initial exposure to OOP concepts
was via C++ (and then Java,) I spent *years* never understanding what
the appeal was. Wasn't until I encountered Smalltalk, way on down the
line, that I finally *got* it.