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Subject: Re: Ada speed vs. C...
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>From hammondr@sunroof.crd.ge.com (Richard A Hammond):
> [some comments regarding the Dhrystone benchmark for Ada vs. C]

  The comments on that issue were:

     it is widely used in spite of its minor flaws.  One
     of the reasons for using it was that numerous C compilers
     have been benchmarked with it and the results have been 
     published and are readily available for comparison. 

  (Note: Followups and continued discussion to comp.lang.misc...)


  Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu