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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-19 16:48:01 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "ian.kerr2" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <9471rc$8cj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: <6e5a6.2370$4k4.60766@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:46:49 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.12.97 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 979951618 62.252.12.97 (Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:46:58 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:46:58 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4225 comp.lang.c++:40840 Date: 2001-01-20T00:46:49+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote in message news:9471rc$8cj$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org>, > Marin David Condic wrote: > > > That's interesting. Rational performed a similar study on their compiler > codebase using data culled over 11 years of development, and found that > their Ada code had 1/7th the defect rate of their C code and requied > only half as many fixes per SLOC. Even compensating for differences in > experience, training, function, and language expressivenes, the big gap > was still there. Perhaps that's why many of Rational's heavy-hitters > (including Grady Booch of UML fame) are big Ada proponents. > For those interested, the full report is available at > http://www.rational.com/products/whitepapers/337.jsp . > Unfortunately The file you requested could not be found. We have recently redesigned our site, and during the process, some paths were changed. The information you seek probably still exists. Try visiting one of these pages to locate the information you need. Ian > -- > T.E.D. > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/