Query:Speed of Mod2 vs C

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3 total messages Started by dickow Thu, 15 Jan 1987 08:57

#3613

Author: dickow
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1987 08:57

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   Concerning Modula2, I have never used it. I have used Pascal and now
program in PROMAL, which is a sort of amalgam of C and (I think) Modula
2.
   The question I have, since I am considering buying a Modula2 system
to program on my Amiga, is... how does Modula2 rate in overall execution
speed compared to C? The ads for the Amiga Modula2 say nothing about 
this, and it is important to me on general principles.


Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)

Re: Query:Speed of Mod2 vs C

#3614

Author: Chuck McManis
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1987 22:55

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In article <410001@ui3.UUCP>, dickow@ui3.UUCP writes:
>    The question I have, since I am considering buying a Modula2 system
> to program on my Amiga, is... how does Modula2 rate in overall execution
> speed compared to C? The ads for the Amiga Modula2 say nothing about 
> this, and it is important to me on general principles.
> Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)

Yes, Modula-2 on the Amiga is faster than C. While I cannot attribute
this the language itself, the compiler is a lot nicer. It also has
a linker that actually prunes unused modules from the executable
and thus decreases load time. I have been debating if I should get
the latest upgrade (I always seem to lose these debates :-)) The
only thing that isn't great is the inability to easily use C examples
posted by other sources. Since invariably they use some lazy type
checking to an advantage.

-- 
--Chuck McManis
uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis   BIX: cmcmanis  ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com
These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.

Re: Query:Speed of Mod2 vs C

#3586

Author: lo035736
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1987 05:38

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In article <410001@ui3.UUCP> dickow@ui3.UUCP writes:
>Blug...
>
>   The question I have, since I am considering buying a Modula2 system
>to program on my Amiga, is... how does Modula2 rate in overall execution
>speed compared to C? The ads for the Amiga Modula2 say nothing about 
>this, and it is important to me on general principles.
>
>
>Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)

I have been using the TDI Modula2 for several months now and I think it is
very nice.  It seems to be somewhere between Lattice 3.03 and Manx in both 
compilation and execution speed.  I have never done any benchmarks so this
is all subjective.  Also, I just got my order form for version 3.0 which
they claim is 33% faster and smaller than the last version.

Ben Jacobs

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