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Subject: Re: c,c++5,c#.

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 13:19:06 08/12/04

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On August 12, 2004 at 16:11:04, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>A good C++ program cannot run faster than a good C program doing same thing.
>Just like a good C program cannot run faster than a good Assembly program doing
>same thing.

Theoretically true. Practically false.

>Although it is possible to write C++ code that is just as fast as C, there are
>more pitfalls. Quoting Peter van der Linden (author of the famous "Expert C
>Programming" book): "[In C++] the original C philosophy of 'no features that
>need invisible runtime support' has been compromised."



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