Re: [RFC] Replace Java with Go in default languages

[Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>]

On 11/12/13 01:27, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> >  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
:-)

Thanks for the pointer, I vaguely recall that iteration of the 
discussion, but got lost following the 2008 thread.

Jeff