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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a298d80682a92f11,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: C vs. Ada (was "C is better ...) Date: 1996/08/07 Message-ID: <9608071745.AA09187@most>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 172805933 sender: Ada programming language comments: To: info-ada%listserv.nodak.edu@emcee.com mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: William Clodius points out: "...most optimizations are performed in the language-independent backends. ... Strong typing in any language helps with optimization, and both C and Ada ... have strong typing." 1. C has strong typing? The language where type conversions between float, integer, and boolean often occur without the programmer's knowledge? 2. If "optimizations are performed in the language-independent backend," how can strong typing, or any other feature of Ada make optimization easier? Is the omitted word "most" the answer? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) Office: 219-429-4923 Hughes Defense Communications (MS 10-40) Home: 219-471-7206 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (Unix): wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------