From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol)
Subject: Re: Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ?
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:33:36 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2001-07-18T13:33:36+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn9lb4lj.5ds.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3B557455.B3ADFEE@ffi.no
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:34:45 +0200, Reinert Korsnes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since Ada code is (supposed to be) on a higher abstraction level
> than for example C, does this mean that we can expect
> new compilers and hardware over time (10 years ?) will make
> a program made in Ada more efficient/faster than a similar C program ?
As I "see" the future the following keywords will be more important than
a slight improvement in the speed of a running program:
1. Development Cost
2. Maintainability Cost
3. Reliability
And as I see it, Ada 95 is better equipped to satisfy in all these areas
than C.
--
�Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language
not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer)
Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-18 11:34 Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ? Reinert Korsnes
2001-07-18 11:42 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-07-19 17:29 ` Tomasz Wegrzanowski
2001-07-20 8:15 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-08-03 17:38 ` Dale Pontius
2001-08-03 21:32 ` Florian Weimer
2001-07-18 13:33 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2001-07-19 17:31 ` Tomasz Wegrzanowski
2001-07-19 17:46 ` Ed Falis
2001-07-20 7:35 ` Reinert Korsnes
2001-07-20 8:46 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-07-26 0:52 ` Corey Ashford
2001-07-29 4:34 ` Tomasz Wegrzanowski
2001-07-29 5:47 ` AG
2001-07-29 5:56 ` tmoran
2001-07-29 8:20 ` Pascal Obry
2001-07-29 12:39 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-29 14:08 ` Florian Weimer
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