Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!huxley!glenn From: glenn@huxley.huxley.bitstream.com (Glenn P. Parker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Optimized virtual function invocation Message-ID: Date: 29 Aug 90 14:18:40 GMT References: Sender: glenn@huxley.UUCP Reply-To: (Glenn Parker) Distribution: comp Organization: Bitstream, Inc. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: brucec@phoebus.phoebus.labs.tek.com's message of 27 Aug 90 20:48:36 GMT In article brucec@phoebus.phoebus.labs.tek.com (Bruce Cohen;;50-662;LP=A;) writes: > It seems to me there's another viable approach to the optimization of leaf > object functions, etc: making the decisions in the linker rather than the > compiler. This is what Eiffel does. The big problem is the n-squared time (it might not be that bad) it takes to link large projects. A recent article in HOOT pointed this out as a serious drawback, but I agree that the linker is generally the right place for this kind of work. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn P. Parker Bitstream, Inc. uunet!huxley!glenn 215 First Street glenn@bitstream.com Cambridge, MA 02142-1270