Re: Customer balks at Ada -- any hope?

[mjsilva@my-deja.com]

In article <8l1np1$mv7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> In article <8l01s4$gnr$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   mjsilva@my-deja.com wrote:
> > We're bidding on a custom industrial controller, and I've proposed
to
> > write the firmware in Ada.  The powers-that-be here are satisfied
with
> > that, but the customer is afraid nobody will be around to maintain
it.
> > They're happier with C or C++, alas.  Anybody have any good answers
to
> > their concern?
>
> This sounds like a job for the Rational paper:
>
> http://www.rational.com/sitewide/support/whitepapers/dynamic.jtmpl?
doc_k
> ey=337
>
> Things to point out:
>
>    o  They found that for the whole life-cycle, *including*
maintenance,
> Ada was about twice as cost-effective as C.
>
>    o  This was achieved with a workforce that was *much* more
> experienced in C than in Ada.
>
>    o  "In general, developers each do better in Ada than in C,
> regardless of their level of experience and salary."

Yep, I'll certainly include this paper, and thanks for the bullet
points.

Mike


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