From: "K. Mathias" <kmathias@mindspring.deletethis.com>
Subject: Re: ADA on the super
Date: 1998/04/20
Date: 1998-04-20T21:30:29+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6hgepl$1eh$1@camel18.mindspring.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.893037728@merv
Robert Dewar wrote in message ...
>As for the backend of GCC, actually it is well known for high code quality
>and extensive optimization. On a number of machines, GCC is the most
>efficient code generator available. That certainly does not mean that GCC
>will always generate faster code than competitive compilers on every
>possible program of course. However, a number of our customers chose GNAT
>after extensive benchmarking *because* it was the most effective compiler
>*for their application*.
>
See, this is where I get confused. Looking once again at the subject line,
I can't figure out why the American Dental Association would need such
high-performance anyway! Seems to me that a quality compiler such as GNAT
would just be overkill.
(sorry, I just couldn't resist)
<grinning widely>
- Karl Mathias
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-04-20 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-04-17 0:00 ADA on the super Alex Stuebinger
1998-04-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-18 0:00 ` stuebi
1998-04-19 0:00 ` Greg Lindahl
1998-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-20 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Ada on the super (packed arrays) Michael F Brenner
1998-04-22 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-04-20 0:00 ` ADA on the super Toon Moene
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Toon Moene
1998-04-20 0:00 ` K. Mathias [this message]
1998-04-20 0:00 ` Acronyms was: " Eugene Miya
[not found] <6hibr7$kf5$1@bambi.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE>
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Ada " Richard Toy
1998-04-21 0:00 ` Juergen Pfeifer
1998-04-22 0:00 ` Alex Stuebinger
1998-04-22 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-04-22 0:00 ` John M. Mills
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