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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,539c04254abf1b37 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-25 16:50:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: naval systems Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:05:30 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3C74E519.3F5349C4@baesystems.com> <20020221205157.05542.00000012@mb-cm.news.cs.com> <3C763746.CC8B2965@baesystems.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1014649531 22725 136.170.200.133 (25 Feb 2002 15:05:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Feb 2002 15:05:31 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20418 Date: 2002-02-25T15:05:31+00:00 List-Id: In the days when the first validated Ada compiler was running at speeds that compiled code in the single-digits-of-lines-per-second, you might make compilation speed an issue. But if you're looking at one compiler that takes a half a second and another that takes two seconds for a similar program, is that really something that anyone wants to care about? Besides, I'd suggest that in real applications that typically involve hundereds of source files, Ada is likely to *buy* you time over something like C because it can tell what needs to be recompiled and what doesn't. It works faster by not working at all. :-) In general, I just don't see compilation speed as a big deal these days and Ada is competitively fast when compared to C. More important is the quality of the resultant code (and even this is not a big deal in most applications) and there I think Ada does as well or better than C in producing highly efficient code. Or at least it can - compiler implementations do vary. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "David Starner" wrote in message news:a57ar5$aai1@news.cis.okstate.edu... > > Really? At least in a comparison between GNAT and gcc on similar, small > pieces of code (< 2000 lines), I've found gcc to be virtually > instanteous, whereas GNAT took a number of seconds to process the code. >