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> Given that branches are, well, just branches in any language, what makes OO so special?

Indirect branches. This is a result of vtable indirections.

You are much more likely to encounter vtables in an object oriented language. Obviously, you can still have the same basic thing in a C program, e.g. SDL RWops, but in C++ for example, it's going to show up all over the place.




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