RE: RE: [Dev-C++] c or c++. that is the question

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

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> Of Krzysztof Kapuscik
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:10 PM
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> Subject: Fwd: RE: [Dev-C++] c or c++. that is the question
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> 
> This is not exactly right. One of the reasons why the C++ code could
> be larger/slower than C one (not much, just a bit) is that for every
> object the '*this' pointer is added to function params. Just putting
> it one the stack takes a bit of time and a bit of space...
> 
> Why people need to use C sometimes instead of C++? Because there are
> many platforms (especially microcontrollers) for which there is a
> C compiler but no C++ is available. Also the object-oriented (C++)
> programming (with analysis, optimization) is more complicated than
> programming without objects.


If a "this" pointer is considered too costly to you then don't use objects
in your C++ code. Do you believe that C is better than the procedural
paradigm of C++ (the C-subset?).




Ioannis Vranos
 
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