I had the pleasure of being Paul's intern way back in 2000. At the time, Paul was at Maxis and if IIRC the library actually had its roots in the C++ frameworks

I had the pleasure of being Paul's intern way back in 2000. At the time, Paul was at Maxis and if IIRC the library actually had its roots in the C++ frameworks Paul built for SimCity 3000. Those games actually were quite a bit ahead, engineering-wise, in terms of the C++ of the day.