From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: C vs C++
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:33:02 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:30:39 +0200:

>Are there any differences in the question of speed 
>between executables of the same source codes (consisting
>of only basic C functions) compiled in C and C++ by gcc?
>
>(I used to think that C++ is slower for it's objective 
>language, and I don't know whether it's true or not...)

This is just a guess but as long as you only use normal C functions and style
the code should be the same. If you start using certain C++ features then the
code becomes bigger and slower because of some overhead (i.e. virtual
functions).

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   Gerhard

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