If that didn't make your head explode, try Essential COM by Don Box! https://github.com/spb59h2/spb5 https://github.com/spb59h2/spb5 Once you grok it for what

If that didn't make your head explode, try Essential COM by Don Box! https://github.com/spb59h2/spb5 https://github.com/spb59h2/spb5 Once you grok it for what it actually is (C++ pure virtual classes), COM is really pretty beautiful. Until you get to the DCOM stuff...