From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:3097 comp.lang.ada:3400 comp.lang.c:26658 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!merk!alliant!linus!community-chest!mitchell From: mitchell@community-chest.uucp (George Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Productivity and error rates for Ada projects Message-ID: <100671@linus.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 90 13:08:06 GMT References: <8221@hubcap.clemson.edu> <12236@goofy.megatest.UUCP> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: mitchell@community-chest.UUCP (George Mitchell) Organization: MITRE-McLean Software Engineering Laboratory List-Id: In article <12236@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) wrote: `Does this mean that if I program in C rather than Ada, I can get `the job done with one nineth the expendature in lines of code? ` .... `Or does it mean that if I program in Ada rather than C, I'll get nine `times as much real work done? Sign me up. If you look at some of the work of T. Capers Jones, you would see that as third generation languages, there is little difference between the SLOC count per function point for C and Ada. -- /s/ George vmail: 703/883-6029 email: gmitchel@mitre.org [alt: mitchell@community-chest.mitre.org] snail: GB Mitchell, MITRE, MS Z676, 7525 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102