Re: Ada The Best Language?

[codesavvy@aol.com (codesavvy)]

Thanks for the input.  So Capers Jones isn't projecting huge producity
gains by using Ada as opposed to C++.  Interesting.

Ed Falis <efalis@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:<3B5607AC.150BA836@mediaone.net>...
> codesavvy wrote:
> 
> > You must have missed my other post where I stated that Ada 95 is an
> > excellent language and may actually be better than C++.  However, I
> > don't feel that developer productivity is significantly enhanced with
> > Ada 95 as opposed to C++.  I have asked if anyone knew of a study
> > where the conclusion was that Ada 95 increased productivity and so far
> > I've only been chastised.
> 
> Not to attribute intentions to you, but generally any demand in newsgroups for studies in this kind of area is a clear
> win for the challenger, because there has been so little done in that regard, due to expense.  As a debating tactic,
> it throws the onus on the person being challenged, as though only that person is making an assertion, which is usually
> not the case.
> 
> Meta-discussion aside, as far as I know, no such studies exist for Ada 95 vs C++.  Are you aware of any regarding C++
> vs "language x"?  For that matter, I can't really think of much along these lines anywhere, excepting the function
> point comparisons (some hypothetical) that Capers Jones had/has somewhere on the web.  Actually, I just looked it up
> for you: http://www.spr.com/library/0langtbl.htm.  Note that the Ada 95 figure is projected, and that C++ and Ada 95
> are listed with close enough numbers to be a wash using that projection.
> 
> There is one fairly thorough study of Ada 83 vs C that was done by Steve Zeigler of Verdix before the company was
> acquired by Rational.  I believe that study is still available on the Rational website.  Try
> http://www.rational.com/products/whitepapers/337.jsp
> 
> The problem, of course, is that we don't really know whether it generalizes to a comparison of Ada 95 and C++ - the
> most it can do is lead one to surmise.
> 
> - Ed