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From: erwin@trwacs.UUCP (Harry Erwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results
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Date: 14 Jun 91 12:16:12 GMT
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paul@u02.svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller) writes:

>jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes:

>>As with the "too many features" shibboleth, this common myth doesn't
>>hold up under even rudimentary analysis of the facts. There are
>>compilers available for a number of targets that produce code at
>>least as dense and efficient as C/C++ compilers for the same target.
>Jim,
>  Could you specify one or more machines that have an available ADA compiler
>that generates code that is as efficient as a C compiler for the same machine?
>thnx
>Paul Kohlmiller

Our experience is that an Ada compiler generates almost twice as many
machine instructions per executable statement as a C compiler. This
has nothing to do with the underlying efficiency of the compiler
and everything to do with the bells and whistles associated with
the language.
   Harry Erwin
   erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com

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