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From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Q: access to subprogram
Date: 1996/07/26
Date: 1996-07-26T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <31F8E0D9.2FEA@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4t4siv$bh2@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au


Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
> 
>         Ada (using generic instantiation)
>                 compiled with gnatmake -gnatp -cargs -O4
>                 Size: 94 lines.

I don't know how to read the gnat command lines, so could some one tell me
if this means all exceptions are suppressed?

Also, is source line size being given here as a measure of efficiency? What
were the other measures compared to the alternatives (readability, reusability,
etc.)?

> I guess Scheme running 3 times faster than Ada or Pascal is not "intuitive"
> for many programmers.

It's certainly not intuitive to _me_. However, I would certainly have no problem 
with a statement that a particular Scheme toolset might generate code that is 
three times more efficient than an Ada _toolset_, for a given host/target 
platform. (Do we really believe GNAT is the most efficient Ada compiler available, 
for example? I keep reading that not all optimizations have been implemented in 
GNAT yet...)


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  reply	other threads:[~1996-07-26  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-07-02  0:00 Q: access to subprogram tmoran
1996-07-02  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-09  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00             ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10  0:00                 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-10  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00           ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-08  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00             ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-12  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-14  0:00               ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-19  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-22  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-23  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-28  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Ken Garlington [this message]
1996-07-30  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-24  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30  0:00         ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-29  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29  0:00     ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-30  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-05  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-06  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-06  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19  0:00               ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-07  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07  0:00       ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-14  0:00       ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14  0:00         ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-15  0:00           ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-15  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-17  0:00               ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-17  0:00               ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-17  0:00                 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-20  0:00               ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-20  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00             ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07  0:00   ` Mark Eichin
1996-07-08  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-08  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-11  0:00       ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-11  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00       ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-15  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00     ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-17  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-12  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00     ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-16  0:00     ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-14  0:00   ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00   ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25  0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25  0:00   ` David Kristola
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30  0:00       ` David Kristola
1996-07-30  0:00       ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-30  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26  0:00     ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-28  0:00         ` Fergus Henderson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-07-05  0:00 tmoran
1996-07-06  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-15  0:00 tmoran
1996-07-15  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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