From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,912597791e813f68 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-05 14:28:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: advantages or disadvantages of ADA over pascal or modula References: <3E18804E.8606224E@t-online.de> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0k2S9.253946$qF3.23112@sccrnsc04> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1041805692 12.234.13.56 (Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:28:12 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:28:12 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 22:28:12 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32582 Date: 2003-01-05T22:28:12+00:00 List-Id: > > About the big size of executables, there are other Ada compilers > > than GNAT (with smart linking for instance). > > Well, I work with Aonix special edition sometimes, but if you do not use There are extreme differences in executable sizes for different compilers. Presumably it's mostly dependent on smart linking, run-time packaging, and debugging info.