Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla

[Aaron Bentley]

Jan Hudec wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:36:42 +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > C is a language where you might have to implement a lot of things
> > yourself. In C++, things are a bit different. You need a list, just
> > use the STL or some other template library (Boost). If, after
> > profiling your code, you realise that this list is slow you can easily
> > change it (providing that you had some rules like using typedefs
> > etc.). You might not have this option in a HLL.
>
>
> Replacing eg. STL list with a Boost one rarely wins much. What wins much
> is replacing eg. list with a vector -- generaly with a different
> structure with more appropriate asymptotic behaviour. Reasonable HLLs
> give you this choice.

I believe Catalin was contrasting using an existing list from a 
well-tested library with hand-hacking your own.  This is a 
programmer-time savings, unless the performance of the list is critical 
to the program.

Aaron

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