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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,def01441310021b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-19 10:31:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!news.man.lodz.pl!news.nask.pl!news.tpi.pl!not-for-mail From: taw@pb220.legnica.sdi.tpnet.pl (Tomasz Wegrzanowski) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ? Date: 19 Jul 2001 17:31:38 GMT Organization: tp.internet - http://www.tpi.pl Message-ID: <9j75hq$lmp$10@news.tpi.pl> References: <3B557455.B3ADFEE@ffi.no> Reply-To: taw@users.sourceforge.net NNTP-Posting-Host: pb220.legnica.sdi.tpnet.pl X-Trace: news.tpi.pl 995563898 22233 213.25.230.220 (19 Jul 2001 17:31:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@tpi.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jul 2001 17:31:38 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10265 Date: 2001-07-19T17:31:38+00:00 List-Id: In article , Preben Randhol wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:34:45 +0200, Reinert Korsnes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Since Ada code is (supposed to be) on a higher abstraction level >> than for example C, does this mean that we can expect >> new compilers and hardware over time (10 years ?) will make >> a program made in Ada more efficient/faster than a similar C program ? > > As I "see" the future the following keywords will be more important than > a slight improvement in the speed of a running program: > > 1. Development Cost > 2. Maintainability Cost > 3. Reliability > > And as I see it, Ada 95 is better equipped to satisfy in all these areas > than C. You know that this is being told from 20 years.