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From: pvarner@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Paul A. Varner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Sizes of executables from (UNIX) VMS compilers
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Date: 11 Jun 90 16:43:22 GMT
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I am afraid, I started something idiotic here.  I posted sizes of executible
programs compiled using C and Ada as a response to Ted Holden's claim that
part of the reason Ada was bad was because it created huge executible files
for trivial programs (i.e Hello, World!).  I posted the sizes to show that his
claim was ludicrous.  Instead that the size depended on the Compiler not the
language.  I think that this group has shown this point, so I am asking that 
we get back to more important subjects.  BTW Thanks to Prof. Feldman for also
showing this point as well.  

						Paul Varner