Subj : Re: OO compilers and efficiency
To   : comp.programming
From : Jussi Jumppanen
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 07:59 pm

Brian wrote:

> What happens if a getter or setter is right in the middle of a
> tight loop?  Let's say the loop has 200 instructions.  All of a
> sudden the loop is 10% less efficient.

These days for most programming task, how fast a program runs is 
far less important than how fast the programmer takes to get the 
program up and running. 

The modern PC so fast that a 10% loss of efficency is nothing if
the task only takes a few millseconds.

IMHO this is exactly why interpreter based languages like Java, 
Pyhton, C# are becoming ever more popular.

Jussi Jumppanen
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