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		zb on Nov 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C (2013) C++ compilation is much slower than C, and linking is off the charts slower. I don't think that's even controversial?

cpeterso on Nov 28, 2014 [–]

C++ compile times are, in large part, are due to header files. The language moves all sorts of implementation details like class definitions and private variables and templates and inline functions.

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