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From: grover@brahmand.Sun.COM (Vinod Grover)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Ada speed vs. C...
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Date: 15 Mar 90 15:16:56 GMT
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In article <7051@hydra.gatech.EDU> tynor@prism.gatech.EDU (Steve Tynor) writes:
>                                              Just because certain run-time
>checks were disabled does _not_ make Ada C.
>
_Nor_ does it make an Ada compiler better than a C compiler. The comparison
that was proposed is just not a valid comparison. It is just a marketing
hype. 

Vinod Grover

Disclaimer: Speaking for myself.