> No RAII, no classes, virtual dispatch, smart pointers. I enjoy programming more when the above concepts are absent. RAII and smart pointers tend toward a fra

> No RAII, no classes, virtual dispatch, smart pointers. I enjoy programming more when the above concepts are absent. RAII and smart pointers tend toward a fragmented and confused layout of a program's memory—there are much simpler ways! The arena concept for managing your program's memory is more straightforward. It's easier to think about (not confused) and it becomes natural to have your memory laid out nice and orderly (not fragmented, which can be horrible for performance). See the recent article by Ryan Fleury: https://www.rfleury.com/p/untangling-lifetimes-the-arena-allocator https://www.rfleury.com/p/untangling-lifetimes-the-arena-all... I also think life is easier without classes or virtual dispatch. I value a sort of "mathematical elegance" in programming languages, and prefer to create programs from a small set of fundamental language primitives. Classes and virtual dispatch don't earn their keep in that set.