Re: Compile speed: Pascal(Delphi) vs C++

"Randall Hyde" <randyhyde@earthlink.net>
21 Nov 2003 00:48:55 -0500

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From: "Randall Hyde" <randyhyde@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 21 Nov 2003 00:48:55 -0500
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
References: 03-11-048 03-11-063
Keywords: performance
Posted-Date: 21 Nov 2003 00:48:55 EST

"Lucian Wischik" <lu.nn@wischik.com> wrote in message news:03-11-
>
> (I understand that Borland put a lot more effort into fast-compilation
> of Delphi than most compiler vendors do, but don't know where I heard
> this.)


The Delphi compiler is a direct descendant of the Turbo Pascal compiler,
which, of course, was written to compile code as quickly as possible.


Pascal's one-pass language design also helps with speedy compiles.
C (and especially C++) requires considerable more effort, particularly
if you use templates. Also, don't forget the preprocessor pass (though
this rarely costs a significant amount of time outside processing all
the header files).
Cheers,
Randy Hyde


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