Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 02:22:52 12/24/02
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On December 23, 2002 at 21:29:08, Arshad F. Syed wrote: >Is there anyone here who has actually converted their C code to C++ while >keeping the NPS the same or even managed to improve upon it? Sune did mention >that he did so only at the cost of 15% degradation in speed. Why do people even >bother wasting their time with C++ for a chess program when it inevitably leads >to taking a hit in NPS? Regardless, of all the advice to simply inline the >functions, I have yet to see a living example of chess program code which >performed faster in C++. > C++ used as a better C isn't slower at all. C++ used to make a better design won't hurt NPS if you do it right. C++ using templates (maybe expression templates for evaluation etc.) can easily be faster than C. All of your myths are C++ myths rooted in compilers 10+ years old. /David
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