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From: schaub@sugar.UUCP (Markus Schaub)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Modula2 on Encore (questions)
Message-ID: <1454@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 16:55:53 GMT
References: <8026@sunybcs.UUCP> <2562@encore.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <2562@encore.UUCP>, soper@encore.UUCP (Pete Soper) writes:
> source code for next to nothing. The compiler produces horrible native code
> in no time flat. For example, the compiler recompiles itself on a Multimax 120
> (slowest Multimax model) in 45 seconds. Runtime performance is about 1/4 as
> good as that of equivalent C programs compiled with Encore C, based on the
> Hennessey/Nye benchmarks. There was a plan to have proper user documentation

We are working with the MC68000 version of ETH's compiler and are pleased with
the code generated. What processor does an Encore have? Do you know any reasons
for this poor performance?

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