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,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-29 08:54:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <20ez8.31$e77.14712988@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.177.131 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1020095614 ST000 208.191.177.131 (Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:53:34 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:53:34 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: TSU[@I_A\S@USVT^ORHL_IXBUSXHQD\MNPWZKB]MPXHJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:53:34 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23224 Date: 2002-04-29T15:53:34+00:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com... > dmjones wrote in message news:... > > > I have been trying to locate evidence that the cost of the use > > of strong typing is repaid by a greater benefit. > > There was a study done on compiler software by Rational. It showed > something like 2x productivity for Ada over C, with the credit being > laid at least partially on Ada's strong typing. It should be available > somewhere on their website, but you'll probably have to search for it. It is available at the AdaIC web site at http://www.adaic.org/whyada/ada-vs-c.html