Performance penalty for using classes?

[Paul Rubin]

tebeka at cs.bgu.ac.il (Miki Tebeka) writes:
> I need my M.Sc. to run fast but I don't want to recode it in C.
> I've noticed that using classes can cause my code to run about 30%
> slower.  (See the below tests)
> 
> Since I don't need OO much in this project is it worth moving to a
> non-OO programming style?

Only if the 30% speedup really matters to you.  It might not.  Or maybe
you could just upgrade your PC processor to one 30% faster than the
old one.  That sounds like a lot less work than rewriting your software.