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From: Mike Sieweke <msieweke@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3?
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In article <Xns9D4571C17F76WarrensBlatherings@188.40.43.245>,
 Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com> wrote:

> Martin Krischik expounded in
> news:op.u916w9k9z25lew@macpro-eth1.krischik.com: 
> 
> > Am 23.03.2010, 17:50 Uhr, schrieb Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>:
> > 
> >> I don't think many people would be surprised by these results.
> >> After all Java, C# and Pascal (variants) are still largely
> >> interpreted  languages, even if they use some sort of compiled
> >> intermediate code.
> > 
> > I would say the most used Pascal variants these days is Delphi and Ada
> > -  both which compile native code.
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> Ok, sure (apart from old P-code variants). One has to wonder
> then why the Pascal "compiled code" was so miserable in 
> their results. I don't recall if they mentioned which
> Pascal compiler they used.
> 
> So if there is a surprise in there, Pascal would be it. ;-)
> 
> Warren

Did anyone else actually read the paper?  It says nothing
of substance about Pascal or Ada.  It only compares the
performance of C, C++, C#, and Java.  There's only one
mention of Pascal as one of "many choices" in programming
languages.


-- Mike Sieweke
-- "Just a bit of harmless brain alteration, that's all..."