Re: [Boost-users] [BGL] Boost poor performance (against LEDA)

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-02 16:19:48

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Leandro Melo
> 
> Hi David.
> I think there's a misunderstanding here. I believe that I know many of
> the benefits of Generic Programming. But my poiny is that I don't
> agree that algorithms implemented generically can be considered to be
> faster just because of that.

No, but its easier to make algorithms faster because of it. It ends up
almost working like multiple dispatch. I'm speaking generically about
generic programming, not specifically BGL.

Eventually you hit an "aha" moment where runtime code can be moved to
compile time through generic techniques. Atleast that's what I've found.

I'm sure a true artist can skip the "aha" moment.