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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,189a28164788ed2e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-03 01:07:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "martin.m.dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:52:56 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.124.111 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1004778125 213.104.124.111 (Sat, 03 Nov 2001 09:02:05 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 09:02:05 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15729 Date: 2001-11-03T08:52:56+00:00 List-Id: "Eric Merritt" wrote in message news:mailman.1004764329.23677.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > I noticed that Ada is not represented in the shootout, > it also looks like the author is willing to accept Ada > if the code is submitted. Is any one interested in a > little side project for Ada promotion? I would do it > my self but I am so new to the language that I am > afraid I would miss allot of optimizations, etc. > Anyway the page is interesting if anyone wants to > check it out. > > http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/ Irrespective of where the benchmarks are any actual use or not (they aren't...) this could be a pretty good advert for Ada. I did write a program for the first benchmark (simple array allocations) and it was as fast as the 'C' equivilant. It seems a shame that just now the language isn't even represented...