From: Bob Duff <bobduff@theworld.com>
Subject: Re: Languages don't matter. A mathematical refutation
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:37:00 -0400
Date: 2015-04-03T18:37:00-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pp7kyh2r.fsf@theworld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mfmoko$ga1$1@dont-email.me
Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> Jones' analysis of languages, based on avg # of statements per function point,
> divided languages into 3 levels with a pretty clear division between the levels:
I haven't read that, but...
> Low-Level: assembly and C
>
> Mid-Level: languages such as Pascal and FORTRAN
>
> High-Level: languages such as Ada
You can argue all day long about which high-level languages are higher
or lower level than which other ones. I see a bright line between
assembly and high-level languages such as C, Pascal, Fortran, and Ada.
But I think it's better to compare high-level languages based on other
factors, rather than some ill-defined "level".
I have trouble believing the "statements per function point".
For assembly vs. C, there are lots of C statements that
typically compile into several-or-more machine instructions.
And I guess Pascal is about the same as C in that regard,
despite being rather less error prone.
I think putting "assembly and C" at the same "level" is absurd.
A C programmer doesn't do register allocation, for just one
example. C, Pascal, and Fortran seem more-or-less the same
"level" to me. And above that level, I think "level" ceases
to be meaningful.
- Bob
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2015-03-25 11:46 Languages don't matter. A mathematical refutation Jean François Martinez
2015-03-25 15:19 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-03 0:50 ` robin.vowels
2015-04-03 2:18 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-03 13:37 ` Bob Duff
2015-04-03 14:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 17:34 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-03 19:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 19:58 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 6:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-06 21:12 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-07 5:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-08 4:12 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-08 6:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 0:41 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-04 3:05 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 14:46 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-04 15:41 ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-04 19:20 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 20:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 20:44 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-05 8:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-05 9:55 ` Brian Drummond
2015-04-06 21:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-06 17:07 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 17:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-06 18:35 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 21:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-06 22:12 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 23:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-07 19:07 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-08 3:53 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-08 21:16 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-09 1:36 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-09 23:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-09 2:36 ` David Botton
2015-04-09 8:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-04-09 9:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 13:14 ` G.B.
2015-04-09 14:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 15:43 ` G.B.
2015-04-09 17:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 18:40 ` Niklas Holsti
2015-04-09 19:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 20:38 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-09 23:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-10 14:16 ` G.B.
2015-04-10 20:58 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-07 0:36 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-05 13:57 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-03 16:17 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-04-03 17:33 ` Bob Duff
2015-04-26 11:38 ` David Thompson
2015-04-03 19:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-04-03 19:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-03 22:37 ` Bob Duff [this message]
2015-04-03 23:38 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-04 0:15 ` Bob Duff
2015-04-04 7:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 2:59 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 0:56 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-03-25 17:12 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-26 13:43 ` Maciej Sobczak
2015-03-26 15:01 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-26 17:45 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-03-26 15:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-27 11:25 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-27 17:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 10:31 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-30 11:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 12:32 ` G.B.
2015-03-30 13:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 15:47 ` G.B.
2015-03-30 16:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 12:59 ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-02 13:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 14:48 ` jm.tarrasa
2015-04-02 15:55 ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-02 16:21 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 16:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 16:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 10:02 ` jm.tarrasa
2015-04-04 11:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 15:58 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 16:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 9:46 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-03 14:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 17:12 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 17:17 ` G.B.
2015-04-02 19:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 18:24 ` Niklas Holsti
2015-04-02 18:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-03-30 11:36 ` Jean François Martinez
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