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by pjmlp 4496 days ago
Work experience from the C developers I have met on my professional life since the early 90's.

I never liked pure C, and had my endless share of performance discussions since around 1993.

Just one example, discussing how slow C++ virtual calls were and how one cannot afford to use them, while coding an application where Clipper would still be fast enough for the job.