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: 103376,47327673b9e29af0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 06:23:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada -> C or C++ translator Date: 17 Jun 2002 08:21:19 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3D0DD57A.5000402@yahoo.com> <3d0dda3d$1@pull.gecm.com> <3D0DDD18.7090501@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1024320030 11634 192.135.80.34 (17 Jun 2002 13:20:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:20:30 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26145 Date: 2002-06-17T08:21:19-06:00 List-Id: In article <3D0DDD18.7090501@yahoo.com>, David Rasmussen writes: > Martin Dowie wrote: >> >> Why do you suspect that an Ada compiler won't give you decent performance? >> The performance of today's Ada95 compilers seem pretty much on a par with >> the C/C++ compilers I'm using. There is an argument that they should be >> able to produce more efficient code too but other than the 'famous' Tartan >> compiler paper, I have yet to see much evidence of this. >> >> Didn't Averstar/Intermetric's Ada compiler use 'C' as an intermediate >> representation? It would be more accurate to say that they have a version of their AdaMagic product that uses C as an intermediate representation. In other settings it is coupled with a different back end and a different intermediate representation. > There might exist good Ada compilers. But I use free tools. I use gcc > for Ada, and while it has a good x86 backend, there exist other free > compilers such as the free Intel C++ and others that produce even better > code. Such a translator would give more choice to the programmer. But your original post said: > Does such a translator exist? with no requirement the translator be free (in any sense of the word).