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jhgb on Oct 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Good C++ code bases to read?

> anybody who makes members virtual by default does not understand the feature

Which is hilarious coming from C++ people who blindingly obviously didn't understand the features of Smalltalk.

ncmncm on Oct 29, 2020 [–]

C++ is not cribbed from Smalltalk. Smalltalk is cribbed from Bjarne's thesis adviser's language, Simula. So, any differences you find are direct results of Smalltalk departing from Simula.

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