Re: Ada vs. C++

[Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>]

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> See is due to the fact that Ada gives a more abstract and precise
> definition of what as to be done, compared to C who tend to stay at a
> lower level. Therefore although  it is easier to write a simple C
> compiler, when it turns to optimization, Ada is much better.
> 
> Borland who made both C and Pascal compilers said the same. Pascal can
> be seen as an "ancestor" of Ada, because it's syntax is quite close.

Interesting... since Borland didn't provide optimisation on their Pascal
compilers (maybe until some recent version of Delphi ?).

Another remark: Pascal (at least the Borland ones...) allows transtyping
*implicitely* (unlike Ada) all integer types between 8,16,32 bits! This
produces horrible machine code that permanently zeroes an upper byte somewhere,
although the programmer doesn't guess anything... Seen plenty of such useless
cases with Pascal->Ada translations.

-- 
Gautier

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