Zero-overhead principle
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The zero-overhead principle is a C++ design principle that states:
- You don't pay for what you don't use.
- What you do use is just as efficient as what you could reasonably write by hand.
In general, this means that no feature should be added to C++ that would impose any overhead, whether in time or space, greater than a programmer would introduce without using the feature.
The only two features in the language that do not follow the zero-overhead principle are runtime type identification and exceptions
External links
| 1. | Foundations of C++ - Bjarne Stroustrup |
| 2. | C++ exceptions and alternatives - Bjarne Stroustrup |
| 3. | De-fragmenting C++ - Making Exceptions and RTTI |
| 4. | Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast |