dickow@ui3.UUCP (01/15/87)
Blug... 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)
cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis) (01/21/87)
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.
Dickson@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA.UUCP (01/22/87)
The only Modula-2 compiler I know of for the Amiga in put out by TDI,
are there any others?
Well, anyway, TDI has a new version of their compiler out. It's supposed
to be 33% smaller and 33% faster, will no overlays used by the compiler.
I going to upgrade my compiler as soon as I can scratch up the money (I
also want to upgrade from the developer's version to the commercial
version).
I haven't used my compiler much lately, but I plan to soon. I just
finished a hardware project where I added two 3.5" drives to my Amiga,
so I can now run the compiler without disk swapping.
Paul Dickson
Dickson%pco @ BCO-Multics
Dickson @ MIT-Multicslo035736@cisunx.UUCP (01/26/87)
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