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 10:28:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CD176D5.31892591@otelco.net> From: Larry Hazel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,x-ns11F8K63r3NhQ,x-ns2r2e09OnmPe2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: <4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com> <3CCE8523.6F2E721C@earthlink.net> <3CCEB246.9090009@worldnet.att.net> <3CCFFB7F.B8080F7A@despammed.com> <3CD1608B.A6336379@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 12:26:45 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.0.32.230 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1020360396 66.0.32.230 (Thu, 02 May 2002 13:26:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 13:26:36 EDT Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23433 Date: 2002-05-02T12:26:45-05:00 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. > Wes - It may have been SAIC. We converted a pilot training simulator from assembly language to Fortran 77. The company funded an R&D project to convert the Fortran to Ada. It was quite successful, and found some errors in the Fortran. I didn't ever see a report on the results but I'm sure there was one. Larry