c++ vs ada results

[Larry Carroll]

In article <deleted> paul at u02.svl.cdc.com (Paul Kohlmiller) writes:
>Could you specify one or more machines that have an available Ada compiler
>that generates code that is as efficient as a C compiler for the same machine?

Ask instead what vendor supplies this.  There are probably several; one of the 
better ones come from Tartan, who also supply compilers for other languages. 
The founders of Tartan included several of the people from Carnegie-Mellon 
who pioneered optimization technology in the late 70's & early 80's, so that 
shouldn't be surprising.

Further, Ada compilers can produce tighter & faster code than many older
languages because it contains constructs that give the compiler information
it needs to do optimization.  This includes ranges, as in
   type tiny_int is integer range 0..1;
whose data can be fit into one bit (if size were important) or byte or word 
for some machines (where speed might depend on putting single-bit data on 
a byte or word boundary).