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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3141f12a6a7d0751 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-08 04:12:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Ada success story in IEEE Software Organization: RMIT References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 12:12:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.91.90 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1010491922 144.132.91.90 (Tue, 08 Jan 2002 23:12:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 23:12:02 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18637 Date: 2002-01-08T12:12:02+00:00 List-Id: Rod Chapman wrote: > It's the kind of system where most people > would not even consider Ada, but we found its use to be a significant > factor in the success of the project. The final system achieved > 0.04 defects per kloc (that's 4 defects in 100,000 lines of code) post- > delivery, which compares favourably with industry norms. I'm not sure I follow this. If this result is the industry norm, and most of industry doesn't use Ada, then why do you think Ada was "a significant factor in the success of the project"? Dale