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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei!bwb From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Legislative Mandate for Ada Message-ID: <9701@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 17:00:08 GMT References: <2449@sparko.gwu.edu> <9700@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA List-Id: In article <9700@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes: >probably be fairly cheap (as things go) to do so. I can see the metric >the bean counters are going to use to check compliance: > > Total KLOC - Ada KLOC > --------------------- > Total KLOC > >If the percentage doesn't approach 100 fast enough then they will mandate >mindless translations. Sheesh, you can tell I'm in government. How about if it doesn't approach zero fast enough (Crosby always wanted metrics to trend to zero...). * Bruce Benson + Internet - bwb@sei.cmu.edu + + * Software Engineering Institute + Compuserv - 76226,3407 + >--|> * Carnegie Mellon University + Voice - 412 268 8469 + + * Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 + + US Air Force