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- From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ Correctness (was: Re: C/C++ Speed)
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:34:18 GMT
- Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
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- Message-ID: <1jn1caINN537@armory.centerline.com>
- References: <1993Jan18.171841.3008@informix.com> <1jka6h$n32@agate.berkeley.edu> <1jkismINN3qq@armory.centerline.com> <1993Jan21.081537.8192@netcom.com>
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- erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
- >In article <1jkismINN3qq@armory.centerline.com> jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes:
- >...
- >>It's true that if you use C++ as a C with better type checking there
- >>will be few runtime performance penalties. In fact, C++ inlining
- >>alone can overcome many performance drawbacks.
- [...]
- >Inlining can in fact make C++ faster than C, especially if it's the
- >only non-C feature you use in C++. For many C programmers, inlining
- >alone is enough to justify the move to C++.
-
- That's what I was trying to say, thanks for a more eloquent
- description.
-
- jim frost
- jimf@centerline.com
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