From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: "Density" of Ada 95 vs. Ada 83
Date: 1996/09/19
Date: 1996-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32419F92.1E13@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
We are using the PRICE-S software cost estimating model for a project
where we intend to use Ada 95. We input some source-lines-of-code size
estimates based on existing Ada 83 work. PRICE-S generated cost
estimates for the new project which were higher than we expected.
Apparently, PRICE-S assumes that the average Ada 95 application will be
"denser" than an Ada 83 application of equivalent functionality. That
is, it should take fewer lines of Ada 95 code to express the same
algorithms, data structures, etc. (on the average).
Does anyone have some good quantitative information on whether Ada 95 is
"denser" than Ada 83 for a given domain, and it so, how much "denser" on
average? For that matter, does anyone have any qualitative analysis on
this issue? We are trying to decide how we should handle the PRICE-S
factors in our planning, so anything that would confirm or refute the
PRICE-S view of Ada 95 would be appreciated.
This information might be available on one of the web servers, but I
haven't had time to do a search. Any pointers to such information would
be appreciated.
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1996-09-19 0:00 Ken Garlington [this message]
1996-09-20 0:00 ` "Density" of Ada 95 vs. Ada 83 Michael F Brenner
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Bruce Link
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-22 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
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