This would be the end of the discussion if it weren't for stupidity like this: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/EUqoIz2iFU4/kPZ

This would be the end of the discussion if it weren't for stupidity like this: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/EUqoIz2iFU4/kPZ5ZK0K3gEJ https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromiu... Generally, I find when people crow about performance, the product they're talking about usually has some questionable architectural/design/implentation decisions that dominate the performance issues so I have to do my best not to roll my eyes. Yes, you can write performant C++ using well-understood compiler firewalls, interfaces, etc that reduce your compile time.