There's a tradeoff, however. You can trade C++'s compilation time for the program's runtime, in many cases. You can now do quite a lot at compile time in C++ th

There's a tradeoff, however. You can trade C++'s compilation time for the program's runtime, in many cases. You can now do quite a lot at compile time in C++ that is not possible in C. Therefore, technically, C++ has slower compilation time but potential for faster runtime.