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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Access keyword
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:44:43 +0200
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Sébastien <seb.morand@gmail.com> writes:
> Correct, I use -gnatVn but it looks like it's not the same (I don't
> inlined anything). With -gnatp, Results are even more suprising:
>
> Norme is as fast as C and 30% faster than NormeAccess.

I don't find this surprising at all.  With -gnatp, the compiler emits
essentially the same object code as for the "equivalent" C program.
Using access values involves dereferencing a pointer multiple times,
so is bound to be slower.

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Ludovic Brenta.