What is the reason function names are prefixed with an underscore by the compiler?

From Linkers and Loaders: At the time that UNIX was rewritten in C in about 1974, its authors already had extensive assember language libraries, and it was easier to mangle the names of new C and C-compatible code than to go back and fix all the existing code. Now, 20 years later, the assembler code … Read more

Is Clojure compiled or interpreted?

Clojure is always compiled. The Clojure compiler produces Java byte code, which is typically then JIT-compiled to native code by the JVM. The thing that can be confusing is the dynamic and interactive nature of Clojure that means you can invoke the compiler at run-time if you want to. This is all part of the … Read more

How do YOU reduce compile time, and linking time for Visual C++ projects (native C++)?

It may sound obvious to you, but we try to use forward declarations as much as possible, even if it requires to write out long namespace names the type(s) is/are in: // Forward declaration stuff namespace plotter { namespace logic { class Plotter; } } // Real stuff namespace plotter { namespace samples { class … Read more

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