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: 103376,641660bd28dd798d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-06 13:39:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Embedded Ada Development Tools Date: 6 Jun 2002 13:39:19 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0206061239.38e9aaab@posting.google.com> References: <3CFBC246.7020201@worldnet.att.net> <3CFE29BB.A7D22E77@NOSPAM.visteon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1023395959 32479 127.0.0.1 (6 Jun 2002 20:39:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Jun 2002 20:39:19 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25423 Date: 2002-06-06T20:39:19+00:00 List-Id: jgerry11@yahoo.com (Jason Gerry) wrote in message news:... > flame war or anything, but could you imagine doing embedded Ada > development within a small project team, and the ada developer was to > leave the company..... Yikes! ... I understand Ada is easier to > maintain, but you still need someone off the street who is adept at > embedded systems programming and Ada coding.... It would keep me up at > night. Presumably you are comparing this with a similar situation using C. Actually, I know of a couple of studies that found that novice Ada programmers who knew C still had more productivity and less bugs when they used Ada instead of C. Plus, Ada's generally considered easier to read and understand than C, which will be a big help once the replacement developer is hired. So actually, I think I'd be way more worried about my embedded programmer for a C system leaving than for an Ada one. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html