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From: chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton)
Subject: Re: Reserve Demobilization System Built Around Reused Ada Code
Date: Tue, 28 May 91 06:02:09 CDT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0D010010.aasgbd@brain.UUCP> (raw)


In article <9105271627.AA29654@grebyn.com>, karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) writes:
> Lt. Gen Jerome Hilmes, director of information systems for command, control,
> communications and computers, said Army programmers were able to design a
> 900,000-line demobilization system in 30 days for about $500,000.  The quick
> programming turnaround was possible because about 800,000 lines of the Ada
> code were borrowed from previously designed systems, he said.
> 
This sounds like a simple enhancement job, not "new" development. 90% code
reuse is more like 10% enhancement and maintenance.

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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1991-05-28 11:02 Chuck Shotton [this message]
1991-05-30  0:47 ` Reserve Demobilization System Built Around Reused Ada Code Jim Showalter
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1991-06-05 18:57 John Goodenough
1991-06-11  6:27 ` Jim Showalter
1991-06-14 17:32   ` Piercarlo Grandi
1991-06-15  0:22     ` Jim Showalter
1991-06-15 23:20       ` Orville R. Weyrich
1991-06-17 17:49         ` brian r hanson x6062
1991-06-18 17:21 ` Bob Munck
1991-05-30 18:30 Chuck Shotton
1991-06-01  4:23 ` Jim Showalter
1991-06-04 14:59 ` Jerry Callen
1991-06-05  2:29   `       Hoysch
1991-06-05 13:57 ` John Goodenough
1991-05-27 16:27 Karl A. Nyberg
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