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		skrebbel on Sept 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Write Games in C (yes, C) Isn't the STL mostly classes? How is that not OO?

gpderetta on Sept 22, 2019 | [–]

STL has nothing to do with OOP . In Alex Stepanov (the ST in STL) words "object orientedness is almost as much of a hoax as Artificial Intelligence"

choeger on Sept 21, 2019 | [–]

Well, yes you have some objects in there. But it is rather an implementation detail. You don't use inheritance for instance.

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