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  2. From: Ken Garlington <GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
  5. Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:56:49 +0000
  6. Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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  15. dernis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu wrote:
  16.  
  17. > It would seem to me
  18. > that any language which incorporates range checking, bound
  19. > checking, garbage collection, etc. from the get go loses the
  20. > flexibility of higher performance in critical areas.
  21.  
  22. With respect to checking, you might be right - for those languages that
  23. don't permit the suppression of run-time checks for those _critical_ areas.
  24. Fortunately, Ada permits check suppression.
  25.  
  26. As to garbage collection, you may be right there, too. Fortunately,
  27. Ada doesn't require garbage collection, although it does provide the
  28. means to implement it if desired.
  29.