Search:

they would certainly be different programs at that point. the relevant question is not how long the compiler takes to build the program. it's much more important how long it takes to write the...

using the following code, and compiling with both C and C++ compilers on fedora 15 x64 (gcc and g++ 4.6.3 respectively, with -O3 on both, and -std=c++0x enabled on g++):


#include <stdio.h>
...

I would counter this with the fact that a "simpler" language necessarily requires more complex code. the time you save compiling is much more than offset by the time it takes to write the code.