Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> In article <3fd9c437@news.povray.org> , Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg>  wrote:
> 
> It also turns out that no matter what you do, a Java program will always
> be a fat, slow thing that tends to misbehave and corrupt your data rather
> than
> just crash and leave your data alone.  C++, on the other hand, if, and
> only if, used properly, will result in a fast, lean and extraordinary
> stable piece of software.
> 
I just have to emphasize the statement "if and only if used properly". 
Usind RTTI and exceptions, it is easy to get a really fat (as of binary 
size) and slow program much faster than you think. 

For something like a raytracer, I personally think one should stay away 
from exceptions and RTTI unless it is _really_ needed. 

Just my 2 cents
...after many years of C(++) coding

Wolfgang

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