Newsgroups: comp.sys.super,comp.parallel.mpi,comp.lang.ada
From: "K. Mathias" <kmathias@mindspring.deletethis.com>
Subject: Re: ADA on the super
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:32:28 -0500
Message-ID: <6hgepl$1eh$1@camel18.mindspring.com>


Robert Dewar wrote in message ...
>As for the backend of GCC, actually it is well known for high code quality
>and extensive optimization. On a number of machines, GCC is the most
>efficient code generator available. That certainly does not mean that GCC
>will always generate faster code than competitive compilers on every
>possible program of course. However, a number of our customers chose GNAT
>after extensive benchmarking *because* it was the most effective compiler
>*for their application*.
>


See, this is where I get confused.  Looking once again at the subject line,
I can't figure out why the American Dental Association would need such
high-performance anyway!  Seems to me that a quality compiler such as GNAT
would just be overkill.


(sorry, I just couldn't resist)

<grinning widely>

- Karl Mathias