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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!gatech!mcnc!uvaarpa!vger.nsu.edu!g_harrison From: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu (George C. Harrison, Norfolk State University) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada vs C implementation efficiency Message-ID: <1083.285c4d88@vger.nsu.edu> Date: 17 Jun 91 09:49:59 GMT References: <9106151737.AA16750@zach.fit.edu> List-Id: In article <9106151737.AA16750@zach.fit.edu>, afes0isi@ZACH.FIT.EDU (Sam Harbaugh-AFES PROJECT) writes: > Paul Kohlmiller writes: >> 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 > -- > Last I checked, about 5 years ago, the DEC Ada compiler outperformed the > DEC C compiler on Whetstone bechmark. > sam harbaugh saharbaugh@ROO.FIT.EDU > ----------- Supposedly, the SUN Telesoft Ada compiler translates Ada -> optimizer -> C -> -> -> a.out and is faster on most benchmarks than the same written in the C it's translated to. (Sorry for ending with a preposition.) George C. Harrison, Professor of Computer Science Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew Avenue, Norfolk VA 23504 Internet: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu Phone: 804-683-8654