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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: dweller@dfw.net (David Weller) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/02/21 Message-ID: <4gf8tu$ej4@dfw.dfw.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140782552 references: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <4gb4r3$psg@qualcomm.com> organization: DFWNet -- Public Internet Access newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Dirk Dickmanns wrote: >>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++? > That comparison was with Ada 83. My experience is that you can write fewer lines of Ada 95 to do the same thing in C++ (see my Booch Components homepage). SO, the question should be: It it easier to maintain 9K of Ada 95 than 10K of C++? (In reality, it's a silly argument, but I just get tired of seeing those _extremely old_ statistics of C++ vs Ada being quoted, because all those comparisons are of C++ vs Ada 83) -- GNAT = GNAT is Not an Ada Translator ==Ada 95 Booch Components: www.ocsystems.com/booch or www.dfw.net/~dweller== Reality: Work, Work, Work, Guitar. | Plugged: Fender Telecaster Deluxe Fantasy: Guitar, Guitar, Guitar, Work(ha!) | Unplugged: Yamaha CG-150SA