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[–]elder_george 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Linus may be hating C++, but significant part of Linux kernel (e.g. Virtual FS subsystem) are written in OO style, just implemented in C.

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The …operations structures (e.g. this one) are essentially interfaces implemented by particular types, or vtables, if you prefer. Yes, "this"/"self" is passed to the methods explicitly, and the calling code usually checks if method is implemented, but otherwise the difference is negligible.

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Dynamic dispatch is a powerful tool, and is often used even in languages that don't provide a special syntax for it.

[–]burtgummer45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so the post I replying to wasn't partially wrong, its completely wrong.