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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.22.138 with SMTP id d10mr35925514obf.37.1427712492193; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:48:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.93.132 with SMTP id d4mr474524qge.9.1427712492162; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:48:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!h15no884160igd.0!news-out.google.com!q90ni548qgd.1!nntp.google.com!z60no575221qgd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:48:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <161a69af-a392-4214-bd92-0e20e7522cca@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=80.173.129.139; posting-account=xd0OrwoAAABQUGXxWZdZWv6VwPFSqa1J NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.173.129.139 References: <59ac455c-72f6-43e2-8a79-efc0f3e16d9a@googlegroups.com> <19qfgu5pjszm5.s5y5u8r0zx8k.dlg@40tude.net> <161a69af-a392-4214-bd92-0e20e7522cca@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <2ad082fc-2d1e-440e-a716-254eb53f8f9c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Languages don't matter. A mathematical refutation From: jm.tarrasa@gmail.com Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:48:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25331 Date: 2015-03-30T03:48:12-07:00 List-Id: Ceteris paribus All the variables the same, except the one you want to check. That's the co= rner stone of experiments. In the real world that's not easy, particularly = when it involves human beings. This study Ada vs C seems quite fair. C is very bug prone and I can imagine= students fighting with pointers bugs, array out of bounds etc. Neverthele= ss there may be many factors that can be out of control. One of them may be= the even unconscious teacher's attitude.