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From: steved@pacifier.com@199.2.117.163  (Steve Doiel)
Subject: Re: Ada vs. C
Date: 1996/08/10
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reply-to: steved@pacifier.com  (Steve Doiel)
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Date: 1996-08-10T00:00:00+00:00
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The Quelisher <kendal@freenet.scri.fsu.edu> writes:
>Robert Dewar wrote:
>> That's bogus, comparable programs in Ada and C will generate 
>> executables of the same size, at least using a technology like GNAT. 
>
>Ok, so let me explain where I am coming from then. Here is the source in
>both languages that does the exact same very basic thing:
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>C :
>	main()
>	{
>		printf("Hello world! \n");
>	}
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Ada :
>
>	WITH Ada.Text_IO; USE Ada.Text_IO;
>	PROCEDURE hello IS
>	BEGIN
>	  Put_line("Hello world!");
>	END hello;
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>When I compiled each of the above here are the file sizes that resulted:
>	C ----> 24,576
>	Ada -->	253,952
>
I think you'll find that if you add another ten lines of code to your example,
the size of the Ada executable will NOT increase proportionally.

Yes, for small app's C will come out smaller.  But for real reasonably sized
app's I think you'll find the sizes to be comparable.

My Opinion,
Steve Doiel
steved@pacifier.com