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Virtual functions have the same speedVirtual functions have the same speedPosted Jun 19, 2008 9:48 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Virtual functions have the same speed by khim Parent article: Converting GCC to C++
For a long, long time? I think the gap was something like three years between Cfront and G++. It might have felt like a long time then, but it really wasn't. :)
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10 years is long time in computing Posted Jun 19, 2008 14:04 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] Cfront defined C++ for almost 10 years. Between 1983 and 1993 Cfront was the C++ compiler - and a lot of limitations of C++ back then were justified by the need to compile to C. It was reference implementation, it was used to define "standard C++" (people even used versions of Cfront to explain what type of language their compiler supported), etc. Eventually Cfront 4.0 was abandoned and after long period of instability (~5years) we've got consolidated standard and language was set in stone. But yes, for a long time needs of C++-to-C compiler defined the language.
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