Re: bitwise comparators

[dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner)]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:28:41 +0100, Alexander Van Hecke <alexke@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > use structs and callback functions and you have perfect generic types!
>>
>> You imagine a rather inefficient way to implement generics.
>
>As a matter of fact, this way is more efficient than using 
>templates!  Templates have to be copied and filled in -> 
>lots of overhead.  If you use callback functions in structs,
>all you have to do is link the correct pointers to the 
>adresses of the functions and that's it.

It sounds like you're complaining about compile time work,
which is irrelevant in most cases. Templates are not copied
and filled in at runtime. Templates are efficent at runtime,
unlike your method, especially for numeric work (you're 
substituting a call to a function for every addition in
the code. That kills performance.)

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