In article <3885DE5D.F70C1A1E@alcatel.fr>,
  "Herv� BITTEUR" <Herve.Bitteur@alcatel.fr> wrote:
> Jeff,
> I'm right in the process of trying to guess a whole development
> effort, for a project that may actually start in the next coming
> months. I'm pushing for an Ada choice as far as the language is
> concerned. For this I need concrete arguments.
> My question is : where do these figures come from ? And as a bonus :
> where could I find related ratios on mean project cost related to
> either line of code or function point ?

Most metrics folks will tell you that any absolute figures are
meaningless outside of the orginazation in which they were collected.

That being said, if you are comparing the relative costs of development
in Ada vs. C, the following report is the one to read:

http://www.rational.com/sitewide/support/whitepapers/dynamic.jtmpl?doc_k
ey=337&borschtid=30404058791780322405

(If you have problems with the link, go to www.rational.com and search
for a paper titled "Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada")

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