Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!otter.hpl.hp.com!hpopd!bd From: bd@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Bob Desinger) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Negative Reaction to OOT Message-ID: <39880002@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> Date: 21 May 91 09:40:26 GMT References: <10954@rama.UUCP> Organization: HP Software Engineering Systems, England Lines: 9 Judy Chapman (jec@rama.UUCP) quotes a co-worker's worries about a lack of speed in an OO program. The dvi program (posted a week or so ago to comp.sources.misc) used to be C. When the author migrated it to C++, it got faster. I don't have any timing figures, but the point is that OO techniques don't necessarily imply a slow program. bob desinger