> From what I can see, bootstrapping with Ada is slower than bootstapping > with Java, by around 15%. Again this is on one of my slower boxes, but > the results clearly show building Ada & its runtime takes a considerable > amount of time: > > default languages: 67 minutes > default - java: 51 minutes > default - java + go: 56 minutes > default - java + ada: 77 minutes > > [...] > > Hard to justify switching from Java to Ada given those results if one of > the key goals is to reduce waiting time.
The same discussion took place 3 years ago: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-10/msg00506.html with the Ada vs Java part: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-11/msg00451.html including some numbers: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-11/msg00452.html -- Eric Botcazou
