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From: jim.hyslop@leitch.com
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/01/14
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In article <369e09ff.3246197@news.supernews.co.uk>,
  bob@lintilla.demon.co.uk (Bob Cousins) wrote:
> In comp.arch.embedded, Leszek Sczaniecki wrote:
>
> >We are about to start a big project, something about 250k lines of code.
> >We are going to stick to it for next several years. We would like to
> >make an educated choice for the underlying language. This language
> >should...
>
> Well, thank you for starting yet another holy war, it's so much more fun than
> researching the languages and coming to your own conclusions ;-)

Actually, I would love to see an objective comparison of various languages,
with a list of each language's strengths and weaknesses.  An objective
comparison of that type would aid in a proper selection of the proper tool
for the job.

> I won't comment on the language issues, apart from saying that it does not
> appear that Java will meet you requirements. Either of Ada or C++ will easily
> meet your requirements.
>
> Really, choice of very similar languages is a small issue, and for a project
of
> this size far more significant factors are project management and the quality
of
> the engineers.

An issue to consider is the human aspect of this - how many developers are
currently familiar with the language of choice?  One of the main reasons
COBOL is still so prevalent is that it is not always easy to retrain
programmers in a different language.  Many of them do not *want* to switch
languages.

> If you want to be radical, let the engineers choose both the language and more
> importantly write the project plan. A good engineer will choose the
appropriate
> langauge and commit to his or her own plan. If you haven't got good engineers,
> the project will have problems anyway...
Ideally, a good engineer will choose the appropriate language.  In many cases,
though, engineers will choose the language they are familiar with.


Jim
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