Heh... I remember arguing for years with my father (also a programmer) about him writing either vanilla C, or writing C++ in (what would become) the data-orien

Heh... I remember arguing for years with my father (also a programmer) about him writing either vanilla C, or writing C++ in (what would become) the data-oriented style. ...and look at me now! I collect things in arrays, with no objects, preferrably in pure C. No classes, no objects, just arrays and transforming functions everywhere.