Programming Languages - A Comparison
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This package consists of the following files:

o  Progr_Langs.guide - the document describing and comparing the programming
                       languages
o  exe_timer         - the tool used to measure the execution times (must be
                       run in the CLI)
o  exe_timer.b       - the source code in ACE Basic
o  cbsi              - a system information tool (must be run in the CLI)
o  cbsi.out          - a sample output of cbsi
o  MemDiff           - calculates the memory usage of a program
o  MemDiff.bb2       - the source code in Blitz Basic 2

The documentation consists mainly of a couple of tables showing the
execution speeds and the lengths of the executable files created by some
programming languages like GNU C++ (egcs) and Blitz Basic 2.

You can also find the main features of those programming languages and
some hints.

News
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o  revised PureBasic description and results

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                  272     628  43.3% -lh5- 0c30 Nov 17  2002 Progr_Langs.info
[generic]                  255     628  40.6% -lh5- fbc7 Nov 17  2002 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification.info
[generic]                  171     266  64.3% -lh5- b4c0 Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/e.cpp
[generic]                   19      19 100.0% -lh0- 64ce Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/e.out
[generic]                  137     187  73.3% -lh5- a415 Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/s.cpp
[generic]                   18      18 100.0% -lh0- 4a1e Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/s.out
[generic]                  170     295  57.6% -lh5- 3b1d Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/t.cpp
[generic]                   37      37 100.0% -lh0- 11f5 Jan 19  1999 Progr_Langs/cpp_verification/t.out
[generic]                22709   64043  35.5% -lh5- 345e Nov 30  2002 Progr_Langs/Progr_Langs.guide
[generic]                  260     503  51.7% -lh5- b3d3 Nov 17  2002 Progr_Langs/Progr_Langs.guide.info
[generic]                  272     628  43.3% -lh5- 46f3 Nov 17  2002 Progr_Langs/Source.info
[generic]                  596    1420  42.0% -lh5- db55 Jan 31  1999 Progr_Langs/Source/exe_timer.asc
[generic]                  172     253  68.0% -lh5- 9d04 Jan 31  1999 Progr_Langs/Source/exe_timer.b
[generic]                  562    1183  47.5% -lh5- 0b6b Jan 31  1999 Progr_Langs/Source/exe_timer.bb2
[generic]                  214     392  54.6% -lh5- 69d9 Jan 12  2001 Progr_Langs/Source/exe_timer.bb2.info
[generic]                  161    1242  13.0% -lh5- 3c47 Jan 31  1999 Progr_Langs/Source/exe_timer.bb2.xtra
[generic]                  446     835  53.4% -lh5- a2f7 Sep  1  1997 Progr_Langs/Source/MemDiff.bb2
[generic]                  215     392  54.8% -lh5- a41b Jan 12  2001 Progr_Langs/Source/MemDiff.bb2.info
[generic]                  160    1242  12.9% -lh5- d157 Sep  1  1997 Progr_Langs/Source/MemDiff.bb2.xtra
[generic]                  272     628  43.3% -lh5- 1a84 Nov 17  2002 Progr_Langs/Utils.info
[generic]                19152   44112  43.4% -lh5- 75ea Jan 14  2001 Progr_Langs/Utils/cbsi
[generic]                  474     907  52.3% -lh5- 31ab Jan 14  2001 Progr_Langs/Utils/cbsi.out.no-ss
[generic]                  484     923  52.4% -lh5- 3d17 Jan 14  2001 Progr_Langs/Utils/cbsi.out.wb
[generic]                12008   20840  57.6% -lh5- b58b Jan 31  1999 Progr_Langs/Utils/exe_timer
[generic]                13531   23912  56.6% -lh5- 4881 Jul 25  1997 Progr_Langs/Utils/MemDiff
[generic]                  242     374  64.7% -lh5- 7ba4 Jan 12  2001 Progr_Langs/Utils/MemDiff.info
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 Total        26 files   73009  165907  44.0%            Apr 19  2003