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Acknowledgements
We extend our thanks to Dionex Corporation, Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories, and Pluto Research Group for access to their computers and
other resources during this study.
Program Compile Time Run Time
Powers of Two 34.6 29.5
Quicksort 32.3 5:23.0
Real 10 unsuccessful N/A
Eight Queens 36.1 5:02.8
Primes 33.9 1 :13.8
Ancestor 1 32.3 1:51.3
Ancestor 2 31.5 43.4
Moon Position 3:30.3 17.4
Table 1: Pascal/M Timing Results (in minutes and seconds) .
Program Compile Time Link Time Run Time
Powers of Two 1 :31.3 30.4 9.6
Quicksort 1 :30.7 39.0 2:47.6
Real 10 1 :26.0 38.7 37.0
Eight Queens 1 :32.8 30.9 2:30.5
Primes 1 :31. 6 30.3 11.6
Ancestor 1 1 :30.5 33.6 24.9
Ancestor 2 1:28.3 31.5 23.8
Moon Pos ition 3:59.5 53.2 12.8
Table 2: PascallMT+ Timing Results (in minutes and seconds).
Program Compile Time Assembly Time Link Time Run Time
Powers of Two 44.8 58.0 46.8 8.9
Quicksort 43.3 59.3 48.6 1 :05.5
Real 10 38.3 58.9 56.1 20.9
Eight Queens 48.0 1 :04.0 49.7 53.4
Primes unsuccessful N/A N/A N/A
Ancestor 1 unsuccessful N/A N/A N/A
Ancestor 2 41.8 1 :03.2 46.3 19.0
Moon Position 3:34.6 6:06.5 1 :42.1 10.5
Table 3: Pascal/Z Timing Results (in minutes and seconds).
Program Lines Pascal/M Pascal/MT+ Pascal/Z
Powers of Two 47 34.6 2:01. 7 2:29.6
Quicksort 43 32.3 2:09.7 2:31.2
Real 10 32 N/A 2:04.7 2:33.3
Eight Queens 51 36.1 2:03.7 2:41.7
Primes 47 33.9 2:01.9 N/A
Ancestor 1 29 32.3 2:04.1 N/A
Ancestor 2 29 31.5 1 :59.8 2:31.3
Moon Position 280 3:30.3 4:52.7 1 :23.2
Table 4: Summary of Translation-Time Results (in minutes and seconds).
Program Pascal/M Pascal/MT+ Pascal/Z
Powers of Two 29.5 9.6 8.9
Quicksort 5:23.0 2:47.6 1 :05.5
Real 10 N/A 37.0 20.9
Eight Queens 5:02.8 2:30.5 53.4
Primes 1:13.8 11.6 N/A
Ancestor 1 1 :51.3 24.9 N/A
Ancestor 2 43.4 23.8 19.0
Moon Position 17.4 12.8 10.5
Table 5: Summary of Run-Time Results (in minutes and seconds).
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