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[–] xiii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In general, 'classes' declarations were done with macro. I don't remember the exact code — something akin to

BEGIN_CLASS(A, Parent);
CLASS_MEMBER(a...)
END_CLASS();

The project had started before C++ existed, and the switch would be too costly. It's not just OOP part, also reflection mechanism with bindings to the homemade scripting language, and multi-platform UI library. It was a gem of its time.

[–] bestelbus22@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That sounds like quite a challenge to maintain, to speak in euphemisms ;)

[–] xiii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Revolutionary technologies of the '80 make me appreciate modern programming languages and especially tooling much more.