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Yes, C. Like all id games up to... Doom 3, if I'm not mistaken? Only then they switched to C++. There's absolutely nothing impressive about this fact.

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Nobody claimed it was impressive. It’s a little unusual to use C instead of C++, but that’s about it.

It's impressive these days when software quality and craftsmanship is declining.

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