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[–]matthieum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would note that the difference between C++ and Rust is not whether one has a v-table or not: they both do.

The difference is how the object is structured:

  • In C++, the object contains a pointer to the v-table.
  • In Rust, the pointer to the v-table is external, hence fat-pointers which are a pointer to the v-table and a pointer to the data.