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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-09 18:21:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone.swbell.net!nnrp1.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <3b47806a_4@news3.prserv.net> <3b48d27d_4@news3.prserv.net> <3B49C9A3.FB4EF7C1@west.raytheon.com> <3B49D87C.6B349412@PublicPropertySoftware.com> Subject: Re: is ada dead? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <1Ms27.448$TH2.11201@nnrp1.sbc.net> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 20:21:01 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.184.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp1.sbc.net 994728061 208.191.184.67 (Mon, 09 Jul 2001 20:21:01 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 20:21:01 CDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9698 Date: 2001-07-09T20:21:01-05:00 List-Id: "Al Christians" wrote in message news:3B49D87C.6B349412@PublicPropertySoftware.com... > Suppose you are an electrician and you hear about a new kind of > wirecutter. There are studies that say this wirecutter improves > average productivity by 2%. If you do the math, you can figure that > this is worth $2,000 to you over the expected 5 year life of the > wirecutters. You go to the store and see $1,295 wirecutter on sale > next to all the others at $11. Which pair do you buy? Which toolmaker > has biggest market share and good cash flow to finance ways to improve > their product? > > For $1,284 most can think up a reason why they are not average. According to the Zeigler Paper (for the case of C and Ada), the productivity boost of going to Ada was 400% IIRC. Pretty big boost, for a quite reasonable -- and comparable -- price!