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: 103376,3a4656a5edc0dab4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.glorb.com!prodigy.com!atl-c02.usenetserver.com!c03.atl99!c01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <40A21DE4.1080406@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 12:52:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.65.10 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1084366329 165.247.65.10 (Wed, 12 May 2004 05:52:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 05:52:09 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:488 Date: 2004-05-12T12:52:09+00:00 List-Id: That assumes "All Other Things Being Equal". They never are. Especially in the embedded world. MDC Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com wrote: > Because it cost 60% less to developp and because the result will contain 8 > time less bugs with a comparable test effort. Studies showing that are on > the net. > > If you develop a small software, that will almost never change, and be > embedded in 10 000 cell phones, then recurrent cost (harware for example) > are much more important than non reccurent cost (software developement for > example). This usually result in choosing the cheaper CPU whitout > considering software tools. > > But even in this case, this is something to evaluate. Using Ada will result > in: > 1 - cheaper developpement > 2 - more reliable software > 3 - better evolutivity (important in product line context, like cell phones) > 4 - better portability > > You should evaluate the cost of settling an Ada compilation environment for > your target, and balance it with those points. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Face it ladies, its not the dress that makes you look fat. Its the FAT that makes you look fat." -- Al Bundy ======================================================================