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: 1143c4,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid1143c4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1db77fbb2768946e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-03 10:00:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!easynews!news.he.net!pulsar.dimensional.com!dimensional.com!coop.net!newsfeed1.global.lmco.com!svlnews.lmms.lmco.com!news1.lmtas.lmco.com!not-for-mail From: Gary Scott Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel,comp.realtime,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is Linux right for Embedded? Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:45:17 -0500 Organization: LM Aeronautics Message-ID: <3BBB409D.26EF7757@lmtas.lmco.com> References: <3BB69F21.B5AA7451@intercom.com> <9pcvbn$r52$1@xmission.xmission.com> <9pd4s402bga@drn.newsguy.com> <9pfcps$p0l$1@xmission.xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: CAA261517.lmtas.lmco.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; LMTAS} (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Xref: archiver1.google.com linux.dev.kernel:4461 comp.realtime:3949 comp.lang.ada:13681 Date: 2001-10-03T11:45:17-05:00 List-Id: Pat Rogers wrote: > > "bgeer" wrote in message > news:9pfcps$p0l$1@xmission.xmission.com... > > > > > Now tell me finding good, quick-to-produce ADA coders, is easier than > > finding good C coders. > > We aren't trying to tell you that Ada (please note the casing) "coders" are > easier to find than any other language (why anyone would want a "coder" is > another matter). You seem to be ignoring the points being made. What we > are trying to tell you is that there exists proof that development with Ada > can be significantly more productive than development with C. Heck, Development with Fortran 95 is significantly more productive than with C. We recently had vendors estimate building a small Win32 tool. Average estimate was 500 mhrs for a C/Win32 Gui tool related to audio sample manipulation. I wrote the same tool using F95/GINO in somewhere between 40 and 50 hours and achieved 99.9 % source code compatilibity across several variants of UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS, and all 32-bit variants of Windows (well, I didn't check CE).