Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by fanf2 » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 1:43 PM UTC

Object oriented programming in C (2007)
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Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by memco » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 3:37 PM UTC

Casey Muratori recently gave a great talk during a Q&A talking about the way he uses C to achieve some of the same things people typically think of as object oriented (starts around 19:39)[0]. It doesn’t cover everything that makes up OO design but I like it because highlights how C is powerful and capable of things like polymorphism in a cleaner way than C++.

[0]https://hero.handmade.network/episode/chat/chat014#1179

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by thisisadumb » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:00 PM UTC

just use c++ dude

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by novium » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:03 PM UTC

thisisadumb wrote: post #3

just use c++ dude

There are still a few reasons to use C even to this day and I'd add that the page was last updated in 2007.

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by unkown-unknowns » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:25 PM UTC

memco wrote: post #2

Casey Muratori recently gave a great talk during a Q&A talking about the way he uses C to achieve some of the same things people typically think of as object oriented (starts around 19:39)[0]. It doesn’t cover everything that makes up OO design but I like it because highlights how C is powerful and capable of things like polymorphism in a cleaner way than C++. [0] https://hero.handmade.network/episode/chat/chat014#11…

Direct link to video at 19:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtxDXlrJ6Y&t=19m39s

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by CyberDildonics » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:46 PM UTC

novium wrote: post #4

thisisadumb wrote: post #3

just use c++ dude

There are still a few reasons to use C even to this day and I'd add that the page was last updated in 2007.

Unless it's compile speed or not having an updated C++ compiler for your platform, I'm not sure what that would be.

Edit: Is it the new thing to hate on C++? Downvotes aren't arguments

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by flavio81 » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

thisisadumb wrote: post #3

just use c++ dude

>just use c++ dude

Instead of choosing the OOP system that C++ forces on you; you can just use C and choose which OOP system to use.

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by catnaroek » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 5:15 PM UTC

This isn't surprising. All that you need to write object-oriented programs (not necessarily in a convenient manner) is some form of dynamically dispatched procedure calls.

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by euyyn » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 6:25 PM UTC

flavio81 wrote: post #7

thisisadumb wrote: post #3

just use c++ dude

>just use c++ dude Instead of choosing the OOP system that C++ forces on you; you can just use C and choose which OOP system to use.

I bet you can still probably build it and use it more easily with C++ than with C.

Re: Object oriented programming in C (2007)

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Post by teporxahor » Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 6:26 PM UTC

There's also the book from Axel T. Schreiner: https://www.cs.rit.edu/~ats/