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=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:4996 comp.object:2767 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!agate!ucbvax!ucsd!mvb.saic.com!eafbvax!eafbtsws!martin From: martin@edwards-saftd-2.af.mil Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object Subject: Re: ada-c++ productivity Keywords: ada,productivity,reuse,reliability,maintainability Message-ID: <1991Mar18.141231.36@edwards-saftd-2.af.mil> Date: 18 Mar 91 22:12:30 GMT Article-I.D.: edwards-.1991Mar18.141231.36 References: <11966@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1991Mar16.205228.4268@grebyn.com> Reply-To: martin@edwards-saftd-2.af.mil Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Organization: T&E Mission Simulator - Edwards AFB, CA List-Id: In article <1991Mar16.205228.4268@grebyn.com>, ted@grebyn.com (Ted Holden) writes: > > The really comical thing about this is the way in which Ada gurus cite > "productivity" as the main advantage of Ada. Apparently, they use the > phrase in somewhat the same vein as Mr. Hussein uses terms like "moral > victory". > Ada was not developed with the goal of improving raw "productivity" in terms of lines of code per day. Rather, it was designed to provide reliable and maintainable code for large, long-lived, continuously evolving, performance constrained, highly reliable embedded systems. In that harsh environment, software maintenance costs are several times the cost of the original development. Ada was designed to reduce lifecycle costs by reducing maintenance costs. This was done at the expense of increased costs during the development of original software. It is intended that the need to develop original software will be substantially reduced through software component reuse. This is a long term solution to a long term problem. We are still some time away from proving that it is the proper solution, even though many now believe that it is. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gary S. Martin ! (805)277-4509 DSN 527-4509 6510th Test Wing/TSWS ! Martin@Edwards-SAFTD-2.af.mil Edwards AFB, CA 93523-5000 ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -