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The compilers were dead slow.

Ada was ahead of c++ by years, but it was unusably slow in compile debug cycles compared to c++.

http://archive.adaic.com/intro/ada-vs-c/ada-vs-c.html




> The compilers were dead slow.

And also expensive.




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