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j_baker on March 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenBSD base now free of C++

I'm curious if someone can elaborate more on this. Is C++ in general that much more time-consuming to compile than C code? Or is it just an issue with gcc vs g++? Or is this issue unique to Groff?

theatrus2 on March 15, 2011 [–]

C++, especially template heavy code, is orders of magnitude slower in compiling.

Clang and LLVM is faster but not that much faster.

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