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Two examples in C++: virtual method dispatch via vtable (in C you'd implement the same mechanism manually), templated generic code. C++'s generic data structure
by ahartmetz 7y ago
Two examples in C++: virtual method dispatch via vtable (in C you'd implement the same mechanism manually), templated generic code. C++'s generic data structures and algorithms are faster than C's because they don't have to use indirection through pointers. The compiler creates specialized code for each type instead. It causes binary size bloat, but execution time is low.
- uryga 7y agoso what's the "cost in complexity" here? the complexity would be there whether you went with a a hand-rolled or "zero-cost" version (at least that's the idea), except the "zero-cost" version should require less code and thus be easier to maintain.