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- From: ssnyder@prism.poly.edu (Sharon Snyder)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: COMPILING SPEED
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.201534.17928@prism.poly.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 20:15:34 GMT
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- 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.
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- I personally am more comfortable with Pascal than C but they both
- have plusses and minuses. I can see comparisons in regard to
- commands or memory management, but that is about it.
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- -Sharon Snyder
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- ssnyder@prism.poly.edu
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