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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: naval systems
Date: 27 Feb 2002 05:01:40 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:02:49 GMT, Pat Rogers <progers@classwide.com> wrote:
> Then let's look at it this way -- the OP asserted that all Ada compiler are
> slower than all C compilers, on the evidence garnered from submitting "similar"
> programs to a single compiler.  I'm saying that isn't enough.

The person to whom I was responding claimed that most Ada compilers were
as fast as, or faster than most C compilers. I merely pointed out that
this wasn't true for a common Ada compiler and the associated C
compiler, and expressed skepticism in the general case. I _never_ said
anything about all Ada compilers or all C compilers. 

I have provided test data supporting my conclusion, with programs that
for the most part have correspond on a line to line level. If you wish
to claim that most Ada compilers compile as fast as, or faster than,
most C compilers (in comparable conditions), you're welcome to write
your own testcases and run them through your compilers and come back
with the results, and I will be interested in hearing the answers. But
please stop the fact-free rhetoric.

-- 
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."