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Article #3668Re: COMPILING SPEED
From: orion okotu auld
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:20
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:20
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In <1992Nov12.201534.17928@prism.poly.edu> ssnyder@prism.poly.edu (Sharon Snyder) writes:
>Maybe the person who started comparing TP to C forgot to mention
>a couple of important facts:
>1. Pascal is a 1-pass compiler......of course it's faster than MOST/ANY(?)
> 2-pass compiler (like C)
>2. Pascal, because it is 1-pass has limitations that C does not have. Any
> extensions to Pascal to improve the language have had to make "weird"
> syntax demands.
You can compile C in one pass. I don't see where you can assume that Turbo
C is a two-pass compiler. Further, the Borland Rep said that 90% of athe
speed difference between the two compilers is due to precompiled headers
and the advantages of the .TPU format (in eliminating the link step).
--Orion
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