> iAPX 432
Yes, this was a failure, the Itanium of the 1980's
I also regard ADA as a failure. I worked with it many years ago. ADA would take 30 minutes to compile a program. Turbo C++ compiled equivalent code in a few seconds.
I also regard ADA as a failure. I worked with it many years ago. ADA would take 30 minutes to compile a program. Turbo C++ compiled equivalent code in a few seconds.
Of course Pascal compilers (Turbo Pascal etc.) could be blazingly fast since Pascal was designed to be compiled in a single pass, but presumably linking was faster as well. I wonder how Delphi or current Pascal compilers compare? (Pascal also supports bounded strings and array bounds checks IIRC.)
Just did a full build of our main Delphi application on my work laptop, sporting an Intel i7-1260P. It compiled and linked just shy of 1.9 million lines of code in 31 seconds. So, still quite fast.