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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ba8c21ddfbe0b1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-04 14:45:21 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!zephyr!breeze!jaym From: jaym@breeze.seas.ucla.edu (Jay M. Martin) Subject: Re: "Subtract C, add Ada" Sender: news@seas.ucla.edu (News Daemon) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 22:45:21 GMT References: Organization: School of Engineering & Applied Science, UCLA. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-01-04T22:45:21+00:00 List-Id: Mitch Gart (mg@asp.camb.inmet.com) wrote: About a Professor John McCormick who did some language efficiency studies Ada vs C. Why doesn't he publish his results? Such data points need to be collected in journals even though they may not be overwhelming evidence by themselves. With enough data points "facts" about the efficiency of different methods of software development can be derived. Unfortunately, I have never seen the Computer Science community do this . Jay