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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/



  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-07-18 13:33 UTC|newest]

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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