From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-11-22T03:38:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++

David Vallner wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>   
>> How does C++ deliver "seriously performance critical" applications where
>> C can't? Are the optimizers/code generators better for C++ than they are
>> for C? I would think a pure C code would have *better* performance,
>> simply because the language is simpler and easier to optimize.
>>
>>     
>
> And conversely, what's the problem with using C++ instead of C for
> performance-critical Ruby extensions or any "fast code"?
Absolutely nothing. I know of several high-performance (and quite 
well-structured) scientific libraries that are written in C++, and I've 
even seen a couple of decent OS microkernels done in C++. I simply find 
C++ unreadable, which is why I'm such a big fan of SWIG. :)

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