RE: [Dev-C++] Help with functions

[Ioannis V. <no...@ya...>]

I forgot to mention that i have started myself with C too and that
except from the previous benefits of the templates (inline expansion=3D0
runtime overhead, instances only of the member functions which are
used=3D0 space overhead) the fact that not using the string type and its
member functions and using C strings and passing them as arguments among
functions "twiddling their bits"  has almost always as a result the
programmer to write a lot more code than that getting compiled when you
use the string type. Also the cost of calling a stand alone function is
usually bigger than the cost of calling a member function. Add to this
that the templates are usually expanded inline and the fact that a good
compiler always creates code only for those template functions used, and
you will understand why C++ programs performed better than their
equivallent C programs in http://www.research.att.com/~bs/esc99.html


Ioannis

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