From: Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>
Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 13:12:01 -0500
Date: 2002-05-02T13:12:01-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CD18171.1769847D@despammed.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3CD176D5.31892591@otelco.net
> > 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.
Of course my memory could be wrong,
but I'm pretty sure the article said
that they gave each team the same
requirements to create (not convert)
some project, in order to determine
the advantages/disadvantages of Ada
vs. Fortran.
--
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau
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2002-04-28 17:07 Is strong typing worth the cost? dmjones
2002-04-29 15:22 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-29 15:53 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 18:37 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 18:50 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 19:00 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 11:50 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-04-30 13:24 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 15:03 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 16:48 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 17:45 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 21:36 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-04-30 18:20 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 19:00 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 15:20 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 5:00 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-02 7:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-01 16:51 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 17:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:09 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 13:46 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 22:54 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 18:22 ` tmoran
2002-05-01 18:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 20:30 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 21:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 15:43 ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-30 19:01 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 19:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 20:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 8:36 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 11:50 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-01 13:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 2:24 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 15:47 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:37 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 19:59 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-02 21:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 22:16 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 23:52 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 0:17 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 0:31 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 15:10 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:06 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 16:37 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 17:40 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 2:06 ` tmoran
2002-05-07 15:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 19:11 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 15:31 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 15:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 16:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 15:38 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 19:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-03 20:55 ` Ed Falis
2002-05-04 16:34 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-03 0:22 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 0:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 12:11 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-04 0:23 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 17:54 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-07 15:28 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 17:54 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:01 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 23:41 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-06 18:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:19 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 13:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:28 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 15:51 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:47 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 18:24 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 18:48 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-03 8:44 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 10:17 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 10:48 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 13:13 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 14:32 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-02 17:26 ` Larry Hazel
2002-05-02 18:12 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2002-05-02 18:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 21:54 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:54 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 21:56 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-26 17:56 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-26 22:04 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-27 23:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:26 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 11:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2002-05-02 16:12 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:17 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 21:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 12:17 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-05-07 22:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-04-30 15:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:39 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 20:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-26 16:51 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:16 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:02 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 20:15 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 20:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 12:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-02 15:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 16:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 14:44 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 21:40 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:43 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 22:38 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 18:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-04-30 17:35 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-01 4:01 ` Richard Riehle
2002-04-29 16:02 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 0:31 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 8:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 8:07 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 14:32 ` Mike Silva
2002-05-01 15:52 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:17 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:53 ` tmoran
2002-05-02 18:58 ` Pat Rogers
2002-05-01 15:35 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:17 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 18:42 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 20:12 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 20:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 22:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-01 22:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 11:28 ` John English
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 16:41 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 18:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 19:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-03 12:12 ` Andrzej Filip
2002-05-03 10:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-05-26 22:46 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-27 8:10 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-01 22:47 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:32 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-01 17:59 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 19:08 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:10 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-05-03 2:45 ` dmjones
2002-05-03 7:59 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:43 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 8:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:51 ` Preben Randhol
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2002-04-29 19:21 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-29 20:15 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 23:26 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 18:08 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-05-01 11:07 ` David Gillon
2002-04-30 20:32 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 21:34 Gralia, Mars J.
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