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From: conn@ftmo-swc.mitre.org (Richard L. Conn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: compilation time [was Re: Magnavox consult
Date: 20 Oct 1994 19:05:26 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation (Fort Monmouth)
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Summary: Careful about comparing apples and oranges (subunits and no subunits)
Date: 1994-10-20T19:05:26+00:00
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One thing to keep in mind about your metrics is the KIND of Ada
code being compiled.  If there is heavy reliance on subunits,
for example, a lot of small files containing many subunits will
probably take longer than a lot of small files with no subunits.

Rick