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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:5867 comp.lang.c++:14405 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!buster!brain!chuck From: chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 12:34:12 GMT Reply-To: chuck@brain.uucp Organization: BIAP Systems X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.5 List-Id: In article <1991Jun26.221313.5872@odi.com>, dlw@odi.com (Dan Weinreb) writes: > However, anecdotal data such as "We did some projects, and we did them > in Ada, and they went very well" does not provide experimental > evidence that those same projects would have gone significantly less > well had they been done in some other language, with everything else > being equal. > > Likewise, yours is not an argument for doing the projects in a language other than Ada. > It's very difficult, in general, to produce real evidence that would > help to significantly support or deny claims about how choice of > language affects the course of a software project, mainly because it's > so hard to assure that all else is equal, and because it would be so > expensive. I can give you plenty of "evidence" relating the difference between a C project and Ada project, both of which addressed the same problem space, resulted in similar solutions, and were staffed by similar numbers of experienced people. I can tell you from first hand experience that in every measure, the Ada task outperformed the C task. If you'd like more details, please reply in e-mail, as this topic has veered far astray from comp.lang.ada. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu BIAP Systems UUCP: ...!buster!brain!chuck "Your silly quote here." AppleLink: D1683 MacNet: shotton