From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT & GCC performace (bad news)
Date: 1999/12/11
Date: 1999-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82s492$nas$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ev_remove_this_ans-1012990948080001@192.168.1.254
In article <ev_remove_this_ans-1012990948080001@192.168.1.254>,
ev_remove_this_ans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) wrote:
> Absolutely right!
>
> Moreover, this approach provides developers on a new target
(which
> already has a C compiler) immediate ability to write and test
code.
> If as the project develops it appears that better code
efficiency
> is required, they can then go the (more expensive) route of
> commissioning a new target for GCC. But, in the mean time,
they do
> have a useful compiler for testing.
>
> Art Evans
Of course from that point of view, it would be even nicer to
have an open source solution. It would not be that hard to
target GNAT to ANSI C, since many of the required transformation
are already done in gigi. A nice project for someone to do!
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-02 0:00 GNAT & GCC performace (bad news) Harald Schmidt
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Dmitriy Anisimkov
1999-12-02 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-12-02 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Harald Schmidt
1999-12-02 0:00 ` nabbasi
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Ada2001
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1999-12-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-12-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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