From: jordan@aero.org (Larry M. Jordan)
Subject: Re: Ada 9X Mapping
Date: 9 May 91 18:24:48 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1991May9.182448.21081@aero.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1991May9.055530.1516@netcom.COM
Jim Showalter says:
>...What IS claimed is that if you pull a listing at random from a
>pile of C programs and listing at random from a pile of Ada programs
>programs and compare them, the smart money bet is that the Ada program
>is better engineered.
In theory I agree with this. In practice, gained from two large
DoD funded efforts, this is not yet the case. I've seen many
thousands of lines of poorly engineered Ada. It is refreshing to
find that textbook example of a generic, but it is rare.
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[not found] <1991Apr15.144021.12618@aero.org| <jls.671848656@rutabaga>
1991-04-28 21:51 ` Ada 9X Mapping James THIELE
1991-05-09 5:55 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-09 18:24 ` Larry M. Jordan [this message]
1991-05-09 18:46 ` Ted Grzesik
1991-05-14 23:08 ` Robert I. Eachus
1991-04-15 14:38 byrne
1991-04-17 0:37 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-22 19:48 ` Ada9X Report to the Public Michele L. Kee
1991-05-22 19:53 ` Air Force's Interpretation of Ada "Cost Effective Policy" Michele L. Kee
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