How come Linux is faster than Windows when it is written in C, which is apparently bloated and bad to code with according to a bunch of threads on this board.
C++ in Windows vs C in Linux
Nathaniel Miller
Bentley Edwards
Down's Syndrome: the thread
Nathan Campbell
Nigga why are you calling it "Down´s Syndrome".
John Foster
windows is actually faster than linux .if linux is faster then why do all gaems run on windows instead of linux ? linux is slow thats why
Adam Anderson
Sorry, syndrome of a down*
Jonathan Anderson
all games run faster on linux
Henry Smith
*the games which will actually run on linux
Jaxon Thompson
Made me laugh. thx.
Aaron Johnson
Here, ill make you laugh even more
Blake Russell
>Davis
+1
John Adams
Seriously though, can someone explain?
Adrian Stewart
Which proves the argument, thanks.
Gavin Baker
The programming language used is only one of the many factors that play a role in achieving good performance.
Ian Martin
Because C is faster than C++
Easton White
C has fewer abstractions than C++. Fewer abstractions, in general, means "harder to program with, and messier code - but better performance and easier to debug"
Noah Bailey
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Ian Sanchez
In C, you write the code that does the job and you're done.
What tends to happen in C++ and a lot, lot more in very baroque languages like Java is faggots first come up with a class hierarchy, inheritance etc. etc. While that may be aesthetically pleasing, every abstraction carries binary overhead with it that results in a longer runtime and a larger binary.
Austin Carter
Try writing a simple hello world program using the Windows API. Then you'll understand.
Dominic Hall
#include
int main() {
printf("Hello World!");
getchar();
return 0;
}
I can't believe I took the bait
Brody Ward
That's not the Windows API.
Dylan Hill
>probably doesn't even know what API means
>doesn't know about Win32
>still posts smugface.jpg
I wouldn't have imagined people this retarded were browsing Jow Forums the whole time...
Aiden Young
Wtf is the "Windows Api" Directx?
Brody Phillips
>Not using the NT kernel API directly
NTWriteFile (file handle: stdout -11)
Hunter Murphy
Windows is written in 1990s """C++""" which would be more accurately called Java.