D is our last hope

[Paulo Pinto]

On Thursday, 7 December 2023 at 10:42:45 UTC, Martyn wrote:
> On Wednesday, 6 December 2023 at 21:58:41 UTC, Andrew wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Reminded me of my early days with VB6 and Turbo C (and Turbo 
> Pascal)
>
> I hated Java when I first tried it. Forced into this 
> "everything is an object" mindset, and the books I was reading 
> were 900 pages... half of which were understanding OOP in 
> general, not specifically aimed at Java.
>
> Then you have the C programming language book, which is barely 
> 300 pages.
>
> The late 90's was making me question the direction we were 
> going and whether this was the career for me. OOP went through 
> some transitions over the years but I will always remember 
> watching Mike Acton data-oriented design to make me realise 
> that I am not alone with my views.
>
> Each to their own... and sorry for diverting the OP question.
>
> #BackToTheQuestion.

The Mike Acton that ended up working for Unity, as part of the 
DOTS team, helped design Burst compiler for C# and nowadays is 
still busy with C#, after leaving Unity.