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From: jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay Martin)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/20
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steved@pacifier.com (Steve Doiel) writes:

>I missed the answer... Has any research found C to be more effective for
>development or long term maintenance than Ada?

>Please email me only if you are aware of such research, I'd like to know
>and don't want to get into a language debate.

Sorry, in general no such language effectiveness research exists as no
academic field has been formed or has taken responsibility to study this
area.  The result is that software and language design are basically sewers.

Jay