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=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ebd5048f971a0224 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-09 12:19:42 PST Message-ID: <3DF4F98B.5010209@cogeco.ca> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SOFTWARE BUGS COST BIG BUCKS References: <3DF4F5DA.2040702@cogeco.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:14:03 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1039464843 198.96.47.195 (Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:14:03 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:14:03 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31599 Date: 2002-12-09T15:14:03-05:00 List-Id: Sorry, I had intended to leave a link to the full article: http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20021127S0037 Even this next paragraph screams "Ada", but only C/C++ gets mentioned in the article: Bugs flow downstream The NIST study that came out in June found that more than half of all errors in software are not discovered early enough in the development process, but crop up "downstream," when the package is nearing production, or even later, in the field. One way of making code writing more efficient is to integrate and test software components almost from the onset of an embedded-software development project. That's the aim of the Stride Integration and Test Platform from S2 Technologies (Cardiff, Calif.). Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > [Quoted from "CITO Linkline - November 29, 2002", > see www.cito.ca] > > > > SOFTWARE BUGS COST BIG BUCKS > A recent study by the U.S. National Institute for > Standards and Technology found that software > glitches cost the American economy $59.5 billion > annually. The study suggests that better testing > during software development could reduce that cost > by a third, or $22.2 billion per year. According > to the study, 80 percent of the cost of developing > software goes into discovering and fixing bugs. > Because of this, there is an increasing interest > in development tools and techniques to both reduce > the cost of software development and foster the > creation of more robust, reliable code. > > > > Of course, the usual response to this is that > "there is an increasing interest in development > tools and techniques". But the Ada word never > gets mentioned. Yet the words "to both reduce > the cost of software development and foster the > creation of more robust, reliable code" just > seems to scream "Ada". > > * sigh * > > Notice particularly the statement "80 percent > of the cost of developing software goes into > discovering and fixing bugs". Again.. I don't > need to say it here. > > Maybe with A#, at least the MicroSofties will > become more aware of "other alternatives"? And > maybe they'll tell 2 friends.. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg