On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, John Summerfield wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Sure. Bochs used to be C. Then I upgraded it to C++ with no other
> > real changes, other than to classify stuff. Emulation got about 15%
> > slower. When I then hacked all the static jazz to make the generated
> > code effectively C, it was back to near C speed.
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> I would prefer to trade some speed in exchange for less buggy code, and in my
> view use of C++ leads to less buggy code. I suspect that those with their GHz+
> Athlons are not actually using all their power; for the rest of us, it's
> possible to upgrade to something fast if we really need it.
humm, is this not M$'s thinking? I happen to be on a K5/100 atm, which
runs zealos perfectly, and it's a lot easier than rebooting etc. Plex give
such good advice when your OS seg's ;)
>
> Which is not so say performance is unimportant; I think it sensible to choose
> tools that provide good productivity and to use them as efficiently as
> possible.
personally I loath C++. it's bloated, slow, etc as people have said
before. properly coded C will *always* beat the hell out of C++, even if
it does take a little bit more code
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Mark Zealey (aka JALH on irc.openprojects.net: #zealos and many more)
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