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,def01441310021b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-19 10:46:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B571D29.C1FD62CD@mediaone.net> From: Ed Falis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ? References: <3B557455.B3ADFEE@ffi.no> <9j75hq$lmp$10@news.tpi.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:46:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.96.132.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 995564783 65.96.132.248 (Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:46:23 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:46:23 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10266 Date: 2001-07-19T17:46:23+00:00 List-Id: Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote: > In article , Preben Randhol wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:34:45 +0200, Reinert Korsnes wrote: > > > As I "see" the future the following keywords will be more important than > > a slight improvement in the speed of a running program: > > > > 1. Development Cost > > 2. Maintainability Cost > > 3. Reliability > > > > And as I see it, Ada 95 is better equipped to satisfy in all these areas > > than C. > > You know that this is being told from 20 years. Yep, and it's still just as true as it was then ;-) - Ed