Brief history of C++ - 2
• The design of C++ was guided by the following
principles:
– The use of classes should not result in programs
executing (significantly) more slowly than programs
not using classes
– C programs should compile and run as subsets of
C++ programs
– No run-time inefficiency should be added to the
language
• In summary: allow for higher level constructs
than languages like C without penalty in term of
speed
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