Can't you just as easily do the same in C with functions and a struct? If so, I have to imagine Linus is referring to something different (I thought it was gene

Can't you just as easily do the same in C with functions and a struct? If so, I have to imagine Linus is referring to something different (I thought it was generally about things like copy constructors where what's going on is more hidden and possibly complicated than an assignment would naively indicate). Then again, I don't commonly use any of the languages in question, so maybe I'm missing the point entirely.