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From: jos@cs.vu.nl (Jos Warmer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Re: Benchmark article - Eiffel vs. C++ vs. Smalltalk-80
Keywords: benchmark, Eiffel, C++, performance
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Date: 29 Mar 90 08:40:30 GMT
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kimr@eiffel.UUCP (Kim Rochat) writes:

>       Under C++, inlining is directly under programmer control.

Isn't it more correct to state that it is under more programmer control.
If a programmer makes a function inline, it is only a hint
to the compiler.   The C++ compiler does not have to inline
each occurrence.
This was the situation with version 1.2 of the AT&T translator,
I don't know the situation with newer versions.

	    Jos Warmer
	    jos@cs.vu.nl