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- From: robison@kai.com (Arch Robison)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java: What's the Big Deal?
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 11:29:31 -0600
- Organization: Kuck & Associates, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4iuo1r$e46@kai.com>
- References: <milodDoF9JF.K32@netcom.com> <1996Mar20.154600.12011@amc.com> <4iuenj$ng2@decaxp.HARVARD.EDU>
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- Some people wrote:
- >
- >: : >>2) No header files => faster compilation
- >: :
- >: : >Nonsense. Header files are simply text that gets included where you want it. If
- >: : >you write the same code without header files it will not magically compile
- >: : >faster.
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- If header files don't slow down compilation, why do so many C/C++
- compilers offer a "precompiled header" feature to make compilation faster?
-
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