> For example, primitive types are not objects (no, auto-boxing doesn't make them objects). Does the presence of inline assembler make C++ a machine language?

> For example, primitive types are not objects (no, auto-boxing doesn't make them objects). Does the presence of inline assembler make C++ a machine language? I don't think so. Similarly I don't think the presence of primitives in Java make it less of an OO language. They're a leaky abstraction meant to improve the language's performance, which arguably make the language less ergonomic to use.