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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Is Linux right for Embedded?
Date: 2 Oct 2001 13:40:06 -0500
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In article <9pcvbn$r52$1@xmission.xmission.com>, bgeer@xmission.xmission.com (bgeer) writes:
> "Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com> writes:
>  >His point (if I may be so bold) is that they did it much more
>  >economically in Ada.  Other have seen these results too.
> 
> Man hours, maybe, if you have a team that already has significant Ada
> experience.
> 
> Include costs of compiler, language & tool training, development &
> emulation platforms, & future maintenance plus factor in employee
> turnover, may reveal a different economic interpretation.

Absolutely !  Ada is much easier to learn to a satisfactory level
than C++, and also suffers less from the phenomena of people who
used it a little in a class passing themselves off as expert.