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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9df2768f19ef857b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr25.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1137903774.826703.118170@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Question on Ada Expressive Power X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.82.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr25.news.prodigy.net 1137985697 ST000 70.134.82.91 (Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:08:17 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:08:17 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: [[PGW^WETZSMB_DX]BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^BTJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:08:17 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2580 Date: 2006-01-23T03:08:17+00:00 List-Id: "Bobby D. Bryant" wrote in message news:dr07sk$3ms$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu... > On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, pnkflyd831@gmail.com wrote: > > Check first to see whether it's a linear relation. Otherwise the > statistic might be meaningless. > That is important advice. Remember that Ada programs almost always have a run-time under them. This could be construed as ovehead for small programs, but essential for larger programs. Most other languages do not have this feature. Richard