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- From: normanb@halcyon.com (Norm Bryar)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java: What's the Big Deal?
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 16:30:45 GMT
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.
- Message-ID: <4j3ta5$pfr@news.halcyon.com>
- References: <milodDoF9JF.K32@netcom.com> <1996Mar20.154600.12011@amc.com> <4iuenj$ng2@decaxp.HARVARD.EDU> <4iuo1r$e46@kai.com>
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- robison@kai.com (Arch Robison) wrote:
-
- >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.
-
- >If header files don't slow down compilation, why do so many C/C++
- >compilers offer a "precompiled header" feature to make compilation faster?
-
- Because Windows.h is so damn huge, not because you have to look for it
- in another directory.
-
- --Norm
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