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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: ada is getting spanked :(
Date: 28 Oct 2006 17:45:29 -0500
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In article <1162052997.664967.135910@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>, "cl1" <charles.w.lambert@gmail.com> writes:
> I just got wind of this site. It would seem that ada, while not at
> the very bottom, is one of the slowest languages in this benchmark
> competition:
> 
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org

It is not possible to measure the speed of a language, only the speed
of an implementation.

The position you ascribe to Ada actually belongs to GNAT.