I found this context via search https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42254608
It's a straightforward recounting of the events.
It's a straightforward recounting of the events.
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We chose C++ because it combines powerful abstraction facilities with faithful representation of the underlying machine...
Identity, a primitive notion of our perception of reality, determines the sameness of a thing changing over time. Attributes of a concrete entity can change without affecting its identity. A snapshot of a concrete entity is a complete collection of its attributes at a particular point in time...
-- Elements of Programming (2009). Stepanov, Alexander. McJones, Paul.