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,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-02 09:50:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!denver-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!coop.net!newsfeed1.global.lmco.com!svlnews.lmms.lmco.com!news1.lmtas.lmco.com!not-for-mail From: Gary Scott Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 11:47:26 -0500 Organization: LM Aeronautics Message-ID: <3CD16D9E.912B1659@lmtas.lmco.com> References: <4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com> <3CCE8523.6F2E721C@earthlink.net> <3CCEB246.9090009@worldnet.att.net> <3CCFFB7F.B8080F7A@despammed.com> <3CD1608B.A6336379@despammed.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 4.78 [en]C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; LMTAS} (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23427 Date: 2002-05-02T11:47:26-05:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > > > We have the Ada vs. C report from Rational, > > the Ada vs. C report from Plattsburgh (McCormick), > > I read, but can't remember where, an Ada vs. Fortran > > report, and there have been others. > > I wish I knew how to find the Ada/Fortran comparison. > It was in the 1980s, and some company decided to give > the same requirements to two teams, one to use Ada > and one to use Fortran. That would have been FORTRAN 77. Hardly the same results as a comparison with Fortran 95, which nearly every current compiler is (not that if you restricted yourself to the FORTRAN 77 subset of Fortran 95, you may get the same results, but that would not be a wise thing to do). > > -- > Wes Groleau > http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau