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From: Dufr <dufriz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Suitability of Ada as a general-purpose language
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Being stuck with c.l.a. does not seem so bad after all, given the
prompt and ovewhelming response from you guys. Thanks indeed to all of
you for your replies.

Using only a subset of the language was something that I had already
considered. After all, everyone only uses a subset of any given
language -- I doubt that anyone could fully exploit a language
functionality, practically.
However, I have not been able to make up my mind on one point: would I
have to pay a penalty in terms of performance and efficiency if I
decided to use a large language like Ada, even if only a subset of it?
My worry, which I hope you can dispel, is that the compiled code of my
(subset-)Ada program may still be less efficient in term of executable
file size and of execution speed. As I said, I hope some of you can
disprove my doubts.
Just for a reality check, how big is the executable file of the Hello
World program? (in simple text mode to standard output).

Also, would there be really so much syntax overhead (verbosity, for
one), even if I decide to use only a subset of the language (leaving
out advanced features like concurrency etc)?

Thanks again

Dufr