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From:  ralph@ifr.luftfahrt.uni-stuttgart.de (Ralph Paul)
Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
Date: 1996/02/21
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Date: 1996-02-21T00:00:00+00:00
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> >I'm certainly not qualified to parttake in this fla^H^H^Hheated debate
> >about Ada vs. C++ -- however, I believe Booch (in "Object oriented
> >analysis and design") cites an example program that shrunk 90% when
> >recoded into C++ from Ada.  Question is, is this typical?  And if so,
> >is it easier to read/maintain 100K lines of Ada than 10K lines C++?

PLEASE Ketil,

do yourself a big favor and check thoroughly on this quote !!! (:-)
Booch commented on the design in Ada83, not Ada95 ! 
If you want the "real deal" comparison check out :
 " http://ocsystems.com/booch/booboo.html " ( Thanks to David Weller ).
Afterwards I am sure that this discussion will be settled.


CU,

Ralph Paul

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