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_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA Message-ID: <8454@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 20:35:48 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.8454 Posted: Sat Aug 22 20:35:48 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 20:35:48 EDT References: <1065@vu-vlsi.UUCP> <12513@clyde.ATT.COM>, <203@trwrc.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Keywords: Any suggestions? List-Id: > > The DoD doesn't much like C from a lifecycle point of view, but has trouble > > denying its availability and current performance advantage... > > What performance advantage?? The DEC Vax Ada compiler generates tighter > code than the Vax C compiler (no slouch)... This says more about the relative investment in the compilers than about the languages. DEC has a history of being unenthusiastic about C; it shows. -- Apollo was the doorway to the stars. | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology Next time, we should open it. | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry