On 1/10/07, Howard Lee Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, I have used several C++ compilers. The closest to Lazarus
would be BCB, which is also at least an order of magnitude faster to
build a simple one-form application.
Visual C++ (latest version I used) was also about 10x faster than
Lazarus for building a simple one-form application (although an MFC
form is substantially different from a Lazarus form).
I have taught C++ courses since 1991, from beginner to advanced. I
have been a co-moderator of comp.lang.c++.moderated since it's
inception over 8 years ago.
Delphi will build a simple one-form app about as fast as you can get
your finger off of the return key. BCB is only slightly slower; the
built dialog actually comes up long enough to recognize it. On my
machine, Lazarus takes nearly a half a minute to build a trivial
one-form app, approximately half of that time compiling, the other
half linking. That lead me to suspect that I may have a problem with
my installation.
As for my exemple I was speaking about real world applications
(templates are such a pain to compile). I didn't take into account the
"new project - compile it now !" test. As for your experience with c++
sorry if I offended you as that was not the purpose of my post.
On my computer, on windows xp sp 2, lazarus takes ~ the same amount of
time for a new project. But the compile time don't changes that much
when you add code (as for the linking time, there is a bug on windows,
under linux it's a really different story).
--
Lepidosteus
http://lepidosteus.com
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