Re: Magnavox consultant trashes Ada tools in IEEE Computer

[falis@east.alsys.com (Ed Falis)]

In <EACHUS.94Oct19111734@spectre.mitre.org> eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:


>     I've been waiting for someone who knows to post the current size
>of AFATADS, but last I heard it was about 2 million SLOC.  Four (8
>hour) days to recompile everything works out to 1000+ lines a minute,
>24 hour days it would be closer to 350.  The truth is probably
>somewhere in that range.  The less than a day figure on the HP Snake
>only puts a lower bound on the performance on that platform.

>     How long does it take to compile a 2 million line C++ program in
>that environment?  I'm pretty sure it has never been done on such a
>small machine, but Microsoft might have comparable answers on for the
>large RISC platforms...

>--

>					Robert I. Eachus


Might also be interesting for someone in the know to post how much of that  
count is generic instantiations.  (Having trouble keeping a firm tooth-hold
on my tongue regarding that article).

- Ed Falis, 
  Alsys