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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-01 19:27:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:17:50 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <82347202.0205010735.1d1a66c3@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1020269872 15793 136.170.200.133 (1 May 2002 16:17:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 May 2002 16:17:52 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23387 Date: 2002-05-01T16:17:52+00:00 List-Id: That is consistent with my own study that found we doubled productivity and cut errors by a factor of four where Ada was used. But that was also monitoring projects with very long lifespans and where errors were not acceptable. If you don't care that it works right and conduct no testing of your original design and implementation, you can save a bunch of time to market. If you fix no errors, you have no maintenance cost. So maybe the proponents of weak typing are seeing lower cost and attributing it to weak typing when in reality the lower cost is because of what/how they are building software. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Jim Rogers" wrote in message news:82347202.0205010735.1d1a66c3@posting.google.com... > Visual Basic. Weak typing is assumed by its proponents to lower the > cost > of Initial Design and Development as well as Maintenance. The Rational > study comparing C and Ada contradicts that assumption. It shows that > the > cost of using Ada is consistently one half the cost of using C for > similar > projects. The Rational study tracked development, maintenance, and > warranty costs for software.