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

"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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