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- From: VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne Arase)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Interest in comments on the C language.
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 22:57:39 -0600
- Organization: LUMC
- Message-ID: <AD78E0E39668BEB3@mcdialb10.it.luc.edu>
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- In article <4is5v0$9ta@altrade.nijmegen.inter.nl.net>,
- Auke.Reitsma@net.HCC.nl (Auke Reitsma) wrote:
-
- >> 1: Is C inheriantly efficient (speed and code space wise)?
- >
- >(I think that should be "inherently".)
- >Yes, it is efficient -- especially when used with a _good_ optimizer. C
- is
- >a rather 'low level' language, and as such can be nearly as good as
- >assembler. But a bad programmer can mess up things horribly ...
-
- Another factor which can give C a speed advantage is the way certain
- addressing modes on VAXen, Intel, and Motorola processors can be used to
- good advantage by C's language features even if translated by a relatively
- dumb C compiler.
-
- ---
- The above are my own opinions, and not those of my employer.
-