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From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
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Subject: Re: Ada cost breakpoints (was Re: Air Force helping to undermine Ada)
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In article <9303151702.AA01402@manta.nosc.mil> mshapiro@MANTA.NOSC.MIL (Michael D Shapiro) writes:
> for smaller programs with shorter life
> cycles, Ada might cost more to use over the full life cycle.
> Has anyone done a study to find these breakpoints?  One pair I've
> heard mentioned as the appropriate minima for Ada are 500K
> source lines of delivered code and/or seven years life cycle.

I have no study to point to, but from experience 500K SLOC is way too high
for a minimum breakpoint to Ada.  The breakpoint depends on the complexity
and number of people involved.  I dont know about you, but things start
to seem complex to me much closer to 30K than 500K lines.
Even 30K lines of C is a pretty frightening thought.
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