On 12/22/2010 01:40 PM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:09 PM, les <hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Since C++ is a preprocessor to C, how does it run circles around C? > Just asking. > > C++ is NOT a preprocessor to C. Some of the original C++ systems certainly were, but nearly all C++ compilers are true compilers. A properly optimized simple C++ program should be able to perform as well as C. But, when you start taking into account template classes, and a bunch of other things, then performance takes a back seat. Our code has over 1,000,000 lines of code, and I would hate to have to maintain it as a C system. (I'm glad I don't have to maintain it in the first place). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
-- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
