Re:Is C++ fast?
by lucozade on Friday January 18, 2019 @09:26AM
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In fairness to the article, it is putting some flesh on the bones of an area that I have seen cause surprise.
It's a variant of the observation that, although in C++ you aren't paying a direct abstraction cost, you are often paying a generalisation cost. This cost is obscured by the abstraction and may not be warranted in your application. In other words, an indirect abstraction cost.
It's a variant of the observation that, although in C++ you aren't paying a direct abstraction cost, you are often paying a generalisation cost. This cost is obscured by the abstraction and may not be warranted in your application. In other words, an indirect abstraction cost.