Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer From: Richard Beton Subject: Re: SPARK, GNU ADA GNAT Translator Organization: Roke Manor Research Limited Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:44:35 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <34EDC103.7215FD1B@roke.co.uk.no.spam.thankyou> Alexander Stuebinger wrote: > Did you use this expensive CSF Thomson (or Alsys) ADA compiler port > for transputers, which sells for UK-Pounds 5000.-? > What is the reason that context switching is slower in ada than > in occam on the same machine? > When this is true for the transputer port of Alsys Ada, then it's > poor software. > But I can imagine a SPARK (i.e. GNU Ada) Translator to C with the > same channel protocol implementation and CSP like inmos C. Sorry, I forgot to say... and the subject line was misleading... My benchmarking was on Unix machines, comparing Alsys and Dec Ada compilers with the Kent (free) occam compiler. Didn't try the Gnat tools nor ever got around to comparing transputer compiler performance. Although I know a man who might have... (Are you there, Dr Kukla?) -- Richard Beton BSc CPhys MInstP Roke Manor Research Limited --------- Standard Disclaimer about my own views etc etc -------- --------- My mail client accepts rich text (HTML) mail -------- Welsh Highland Railway: http://www.whr.co.uk/WHR/WHR.html