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: 103376,1d575f572a099528 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-10 09:47:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!proxad.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What is faster Ada or C? Date: 10 Dec 2001 18:44:53 +0100 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <3c08314d$0$158$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de> <9v2joq$ra2$1@news.btv.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-4-23.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1008006441 5669 80.11.102.23 (10 Dec 2001 17:47:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Dec 2001 17:47:21 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17699 Date: 2001-12-10T17:47:21+00:00 List-Id: pontius@btv.MBI.com.invalid (Dale Pontius) writes: > In article , > aaro@iki.fi (Aaro Koskinen) writes: > ... > > (Also, I would imagine that with Ada's strong typing, the compiler can > > do better optimizations than an average C compiler. However, I don't > > have any evidence for this...) > > I've always heard and felt this, too. However I wonder if theory and > practice unfortunately differ here, due to the overwhelming popularity > of C and its ilk. > > Take gnat as an example. It's a front-end for gcc, which is itself > developed primarily in C. So granting that strong typing allows better > optimization, is the back-end smart enough to use the extra information? Well GNAT backend is GCC backend heavily patched! Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"