From: agnew@trwrc.UUCP (R.A. Agnew)
Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA
Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 21:04:08 EDT [thread overview]
Date: Thu Aug 20 21:04:08 1987
Message-ID: <203@trwrc.UUCP> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 12513@clyde.ATT.COM
In article <12513@clyde.ATT.COM>, spf@moss.ATT.COM writes:
> In article <1065@vu-vlsi.UUCP> harman@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Glen Harman) writes:
> The DoD > doesn't much like C from a lifecycle point of view, but has trouble
> denying its availability and current performance advantage over Ada
> (just like assembly with respect to FORTRAN 20+ years ago).
>
> Steve Frysinger
What performance advantage?? The DEC Vax Ada compiler generates tighter code than the
Vax C compiler (no slouch) not to mention the fact that I generate code 5 to 10
times faster in Ada due to problem level abstraction and re-use.
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1987-08-17 21:36 "C" vrs ADA Glen Harman
1987-08-18 14:49 ` spf
1987-08-19 17:03 ` "C" AND Ada Eugene Miya N.
1987-08-20 1:52 ` Richard Harter
1987-08-20 17:29 ` "C" AND Ada (epigram) David Palmer
1987-08-21 9:09 ` "C" AND Ada Kent Paul Dolan
1987-08-19 20:45 ` "C" vrs ADA ark
1987-08-20 20:10 ` Stephen 2. Williams
1987-08-21 0:19 ` Jef Poskanzer
1987-08-21 9:15 ` Webber
1987-08-21 1:04 ` R.A. Agnew [this message]
1987-08-21 15:27 ` spf
1987-08-23 0:35 ` Henry Spencer
1987-08-23 18:07 ` wyatt
1987-08-25 17:55 ` John Unekis
1987-08-25 18:57 ` David C. Albrecht
1987-08-27 16:32 ` Henry Spencer
1987-08-28 16:31 ` Renu Raman, Sun Microsystems
1987-08-28 15:51 ` Peter da Silva
1987-08-30 1:05 ` Rahul Dhesi
1987-08-31 13:55 ` sns
1987-09-04 16:51 ` VAX/VMS C Jim Sullivan
1987-08-18 15:17 ` "C" vrs ADA G.Gleason
1987-08-18 18:09 ` John Unekis
1987-08-21 12:07 ` Mr. Patrick J. Kelly Jr. GS-13
1987-08-21 13:00 ` steve
1987-08-21 14:04 ` Stefan M. Vorkoetter
1987-08-22 23:31 ` COBOL vs "C" vs ADA neubauer
1987-08-24 23:11 ` Dave Levenson
1987-08-25 19:18 ` FORTRAN vs COBOL vs Pascal vs C " Stephen the Greatest
1987-08-23 13:13 ` COBOL vrs Ada (was: Re: "C" vrs ADA) Kent Paul Dolan
1987-08-21 14:17 ` "C" vrs ADA M.P.Lindner
1987-08-21 15:10 ` Dave Haynie
1987-08-21 16:07 ` crowl
1987-08-22 2:44 ` hitchens
1987-08-27 18:53 ` jym
1987-08-22 14:31 ` Roy Smith
1987-08-26 16:17 ` Kurt Hoyt
1987-08-23 0:33 ` Henry Spencer
1987-08-18 18:43 ` Dave Haynie
1987-08-22 21:09 ` Eric Beser sys admin
1987-08-25 16:35 ` David Palmer
1987-08-26 14:21 ` spf
1987-08-28 0:49 ` peter
1987-09-03 20:03 ` R.A. Agnew
1987-08-26 3:38 ` Doug Gwyn
1987-08-26 19:32 ` Charles Simmons
1987-08-26 9:25 ` Randell Jesup
1987-08-26 15:40 ` M.P.Lindner
1987-08-27 17:44 ` Jeff Bartlett
1987-08-31 17:53 ` mpl
1987-09-01 22:03 ` Barry Margolin
1987-09-02 0:32 ` eric
1987-08-26 18:30 ` Dave Haynie
1987-08-29 6:25 ` Henry Spencer
1987-09-01 19:02 ` Jacob Gore
1987-09-02 14:09 ` stt
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1987-08-25 20:44 blackje%sungod.tcpip
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1987-08-28 12:33 ` kelly
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