From: davidm AT netscape DOT com
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Subject: Re: C or C++
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 20:46:07 -0700
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Alex Kain wrote:
> 
> What are the advantages of programming a CRPG in C++?  After comparing
> compiled versions of the same game in DJGPP and using Allegro, the C
> file
> is only half the size as the C++ file!  Is it really worth it?
> --
> Alex Kain
> syntaxlogic AT earthlink DOT net
> http://home.earthink.net/~syntaxlogic/

I having a feeling that your linker is not stripping out unused librarycode.
If you write C in C++ the file size is the same. If you write C++ in C++ your
code size tends to be larger although you should have fewer lines of code. For
most games I would guess that code size if pretty irrelevant when compared
with the amount of space required for graphics/sound/ other data. Unless of
course you just miss one of the magic numbers ( ie run under 8 megs, or fit of
a CD-ROM).
--
David Matiskella
davidm AT netscape DOT com