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Subject: Relative performance
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Back in the icon V8.6 days I was programming VAX/VMS and the
performance seemed like :
DCL script code : 1 unit of speed
Icon interpreted : 10 units
Icon->c->compiled : 100 units
specially tuned fortran or cobol : 200-500 units
compiled basic : 150 units
Yes, the C source was huge. 2,000 lines of icon became
16,000-20,000 lines of c. That c was not human maintainable.
These numbers are not precise and it's been a number of years,
but that is the rough feel of it.
Chris Tenaglia (system manager) | The future foretold,
Medical College of Wisconsin | The past explained,
8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd. | The present largely appologized for.
Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414)456-8765 | Organon to the Doctor