Re:Data-oriented design or why you might shoot yourself in t...
by jhgb on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:07PM
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> since the availability of pointers to objects is rather fundamental for all OO "specific languages".
I don't see how that is the case. For example some implementations of Smalltalk used object tables, so there were no "pointers to objects", just numerical object IDs. The physical interpretation of such IDs could get very arbitrary.
I don't see how that is the case. For example some implementations of Smalltalk used object tables, so there were no "pointers to objects", just numerical object IDs. The physical interpretation of such IDs could get very arbitrary.