Re: Ada -> C or C++ translator

[David Rasmussen <pinkfloydhomer@yahoo.com>]

Martin Dowie wrote:
> 
> Why do you suspect that an Ada compiler won't give you decent performance?
> The performance of today's Ada95 compilers seem pretty much on a par with
> the C/C++ compilers I'm using. There is an argument that they should be
> able to produce more efficient code too but other than the 'famous' Tartan
> compiler paper, I have yet to see much evidence of this.
> 
> Didn't Averstar/Intermetric's Ada compiler use 'C' as an intermediate
> representation?
> 

There might exist good Ada compilers. But I use free tools. I use gcc 
for Ada, and while it has a good x86 backend, there exist other free 
compilers such as the free Intel C++ and others that produce even better 
code. Such a translator would give more choice to the programmer.

/David