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OOP is not that bad (osa1.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by CodiUnicorn@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair, that's an issue in almost every imperative language and even some functional languages. Rust, C, and C++ are the only imperative languages I know of that make a serious effort to restrict mutability.

[–] nous@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do C and C++ try to restrict mutability?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

const

They don't do it well, but an attempt was made.

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I also love this. I don't why but gc languages feel so incomplete to me. I like to know where the data is that I have. In c/c++ I know if I am passing data or pointer, in rust I know if it's a reference or the data itself. Idk, allows me to think better