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Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 21:04:08 EDT
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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.