>To be clear: you tried to say "C offers encapsulation/isolation". People read "This solution is equivalent to 'private'", an almost completely unrelated statem

>To be clear: you tried to say "C offers encapsulation/isolation". People read "This solution is equivalent to 'private'", an almost completely unrelated statement, and then respond to that. >That could typically be classified as a "Straw man fallacy"[0], but I believe people who do this in many cases simply do not have the necessary reading skills Fyi... the author's article that this thread is about has in bold heading: "Myth: C has no equivalent to “private”" So, a reasonable interpretation of the text following that headline is how to use C Language constructs to dispel that myth. Doesn't seem like "straw man" applies here.