From: mbk@jt3ws1.etd.ornl.gov (Kennel)
Subject: Re: Language Efficiency
Date: 1995/04/04
Date: 1995-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ls7u0$3v1@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3lrrqk$kbj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu
Harold P Zbiegien (bb206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
> In a previous article, robertb@cbis.com (Robert C. Bethel) says:
> >Anyone know of research papers that deal with the subject
> >of language efficiency? By efficiency I mean the quality
> >of machine binaries (code space, execution time, etc.)
> >given an identical program coded in several languages.
> >
> >Thanks
> >--
> >Robert.Bethel@CBIS.Com
> >
> Shouldn't this be labeled "compiler efficiency" There may not be anything
> inherent between the efficiency of one language and another,
> but there sure
> is differences between the generated code coming out of compilers.
This is heresy but I disagree.
Different languages make fundamentally different choices resulting
in very different kinds and amounts of knowledge that is provided to the
compiler.
Assuming an approximately constant level of knowledge and resources
between compiler groups this can make a huge difference in the speed
of executable code.
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1995-04-02 0:00 Language Efficiency Robert C. Bethel
1995-04-04 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Mike Wilson
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1995-04-05 0:00 ` David Weller
1995-04-04 0:00 ` Harold P Zbiegien
1995-04-04 0:00 ` Kennel [this message]
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Ray Toal
1995-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Kennel
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Multiple dispatch (was Re: C++ not OOP?) Robert I. Eachus
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Language Efficiency Paul Graham
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` C++ not OOP? (Was: " Fernando Mato Mira
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-19 0:00 ` David Weller
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-20 0:00 ` David Weller
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Fernando Mato Mira
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Ed Osinski
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1995-04-22 0:00 ` David Weller
1995-04-22 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-22 0:00 ` OOAD courses by Object Mentor cjames
1995-04-21 0:00 ` C++ not OOP? (Was: Language Efficiency Ed Osinski
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Multiple dispatch (was Re: C++ not OOP?) Fernando Mato Mira
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1995-04-21 0:00 ` C++ not OOP? (Was: Language Efficiency James McKim
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1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-22 0:00 ` Robert Martin
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1995-04-21 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Harley Davis
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Multiple dispatch (was Re: C++ not OOP?) Kenneth Almquist
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` C++ not OOP? (Was: Language Efficiency ron house
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Curtis Bass
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Fernando Mato Mira
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Erik Naggum
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Multiple dispatch (was Re: C++ not OOP?) Robert I. Eachus
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1995-04-21 0:00 ` Language Efficiency Fergus Henderson
1995-04-22 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1995-04-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1995-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Lawrence Free/ A.F. Software Services
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Mitch Gart
1995-04-06 0:00 ` Ken Leidner
1995-04-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
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