From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.148.132 with SMTP id w126mr12275158iod.18.1507076517929; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:21:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.94.23 with SMTP id d23mr197990oti.27.1507076517889; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:21:57 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!v62no3812892itd.0!news-out.google.com!194ni5950itf.0!nntp.google.com!v62no3808933itd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:21:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:645:c001:2a91:3cc7:fdf3:a31b:cfcc; posting-account=fxr6CwoAAABjARAbZ01okNaxDpxQT8RH NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:645:c001:2a91:3cc7:fdf3:a31b:cfcc References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6ce1dce6-9339-45d8-89ec-1106a4f0f0d4@googlegroups.com> Subject: Why does Ada compile slower than Python? From: Mace Ayres Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:21:57 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48332 Date: 2017-10-03T17:21:57-07:00 List-Id: That=E2=80=99s really hard to answer because Ada and Python are so similar.= That=E2=80=99s what the instrtuctor told me in my 5 day Python boot camp t= hat promised to get me a high paying job in Silicon Valley. I had thought t= hey were different when I learned that Ada software is used in industrial c= lass systems, say Boeing Aircraft, NASA, General Electric and like, and emb= edded systems that must be reliable, safe, etc. and simultaneously saw my l= ittle 8 year old brother programming a PacMan liked game in Python on his p= lastic lap stop while sitting on this bed, after teaching himself one morni= ng.