http://theory.stanford.edu/~amitp/rants/c++-vs-c/
found the thing... its not a book and C++ has no generics but templates (for me both are the same, im no C++ programmer). Now reading it again... The thing is that a quicksort in C can be fast only if used for one single type (at least the comparision function) while in C++ the template specialization makes the comparision function work for a greater number of types, simplifying resulting code... 2012/2/15 Juha Manninen <juha.mannine...@gmail.com>: > 2012/2/15, Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior <jagf...@gmail.com>: >> i once read a textbook about generics (C++ generics) showing how C++ > > C++ does not have generics, it has templates. Templates syntax is > complex, you can do actual programming with it. IMO, using all its > capacity leads to over-engineered and unreadable code. > I read about a plan to add Java style generics syntax to C++, in > addition to templates. I guess it will not happen. C++ has enough > syntax already. > > >> code can end up being FASTER than C equivalent due to lack of type >> checks... >>[...] >> the point being made was that object orientation is not necessarely >> "bloat" but leads to better written code. (not always true, but...) > > Code can still be fast even if it is bloated in size. Object > orientation helps in writing readable and maintainable code but that > is yet another issue. > The code duplication we discussed here has no advantage for speed. It > is quite useless duplication. > > > >From Sven Barth: >> Free Pascal is a native language. There aren't much alternatives to code >> duplication. > > Yes there is. The same container code can be reused (when possible), > just like Java does. > Free Pascal is native, Java generates byte-code, but that is irrelevant here. > > I was planning to use generics in many places in Lazarus code but now > I must rethink... > Lazarus executable is quite big already. > > Juha > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
