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From: "Mark D. McKinney" <mck1nney@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Cost of Ada Compilers (was[Q] Is anyone programming DSPs in Ada?)
Date: 1998/06/11
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Markus Kuhn wrote:
> The downside is that Ada compilers for DSPs are often
> so expensive that only defense contractors can afford them.

How come nobody caluclates Man-Hours when determining a language. Isn't
total cost the bottom line ? What about Quality?