Posted Mar 22, 2013 20:27 UTC (Fri) by Yorick (subscriber, #19241)
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I wouldn't call the experiment meaningless. If anything, we need more of these — simple but properly conducted measurements of things of some practical relevance.
Even if nobody who knows how a compiler for C and C++ works is the slightest bit surprised of the results, it's still reassuring, and hard data that can be referred to and used to convince those in the doubt.
Messen ist Wissen!
Russell: GCC and C vs C++ Speed, Measured
Posted Mar 22, 2013 21:31 UTC (Fri) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)
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> Messen ist Wissen!
Wer misst, misst meistens Mist.
Russell: GCC and C vs C++ Speed, Measured
Posted Mar 22, 2013 20:46 UTC (Fri) by Tobu (subscriber, #24111)
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The author does point out GCC's "C as C++" was larger and slower 20 years ago.