Language Comparisons

[mdaly@gonzo.eta.com (Mike Daly)]

We are in the middle of a (bi-annual) language "discussion" (religious
war).  I would like to consider using Ada for some new projects, but I
have not been able to find the kind of information I need to make a
good case for the language.

There seems to be little discussion that Ada is a very good choice of
implementation languages when it comes to the maintanence phase of the
software life cycle.

I am most interested in the implementation phase right now.  Can anyone
point me to some studies showing the comparative costs of implementing
software in Ada vs. other popular languages (Pascal, C, FORTRAN,
etc.)?  Is Ada 20% faster for implementation?  20% slower?  How about
design costs?

Thanks,
  Mike 
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Mike Daly               mdaly@gonzo.eta.com
ETA Systems Inc.        (612)642-3570
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St. Paul, MN            

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Mike Daly
ETA Systems Inc.        mdaly@gonzo.eta.com
St. Paul, MN            Standard disclaimers apply.