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0 pointsloeg9y ago0 comments

C programmer here. Cello isn't really C. So as long as you're using something that isn't quite C, and you want an object model, I think "why not C++?" is a reasonable question.

0 pointsloeg9y ago0 comments

C programmer here. Cello isn't really C. So as long as you're using something that isn't quite C, and you want an object model, I think "why not C++?" is a reasonable question.

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feelix9y ago· 2 in thread

Why would you say that "Cello isn't really C"?

orange_fritter9y ago

It's arguable that extensive use of macros and faux-dynamic-typing violate the ideology of C that makes it simple and predictable.

catnaroek9y ago

I'd remove the “faux”. Cello is dynamically typed.

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webkike9y ago· 1 in thread

Looks like C to be. Just some macros and function calls.

khedoros19y ago

If someone showed me a sample of the code, out of context, I wouldn't have guessed it was C. Maybe Javascript (with the "var" declarations).

AnimalMuppet9y ago

But it didn't look to me like Cello was an object model. To me, it felt more like Perl or Python than C++ - more like a dynamic scripting language.

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