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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 2002-02-26 11:07:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: naval systems Date: 26 Feb 2002 17:44:58 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: References: <3C74E519.3F5349C4@baesystems.com> <20020221205157.05542.00000012@mb-cm.news.cs.com> <3C763746.CC8B2965@baesystems.com> Reply-To: starner@okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e51a7.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20470 Date: 2002-02-26T17:44:58+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:05:30 -0500, Marin David Condic wrote: > 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. :-) I don't think it makes much difference when comparing make-driven C code base and gnatmake-driven Ada. You should get the same results either way, except the first is much more work and much more powerful - any sufficently large project will need a makefile, to build docs if for nothing else. > In general, I just don't see compilation speed as a big deal these days and > Ada is competitively fast when compared to C.i But GNAT is noticably slower than gcc, and you can't claim that Ada compilers are as fast as C compilers, and then argue that it doesn't matter when someone pushes the point. Be honest; point out that Ada compilers are fast enough, instead. -- David Starner - starner@okstate.edu What we've got is a blue-light special on truth. It's the hottest thing with the youth. -- Information Society, "Peace and Love, Inc."