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From: dgibson@snoopy.cis.ohio-state.edu (david scott gibson)
Subject: Shared Generic Instance Code
Date: 1997/04/01
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Organization: The Ohio State University,
 Department of Computer and Information Science
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: 1997-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
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Hi.  Could someone summarize the advantages and disadvantages of
having an Ada compiler that when compiling generic units generates
code that may be shared by multiple instances?  On the negative side,
I suspect that it increases compiler complexity and could result in
slower executables.  On the positive side, it could reduce the size of
executables and perhaps reduce the amount of recompilation in system
generation.  Are there other issues such as interaction with other
Ada language features or the presumed utility of code sharing, that
make one approach more attractive than the other?

Dave