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>>>>> "Marin" == Marin David Condic writes:
Marin> Or is it that Ada just doesn't bring enough advantage to a
Marin> development effort and it wouldn't show on the bottom line?
True, no proof exist for this. Competent programmers write good, clear
and maintainable programs regardless of the language (except Perl
perhaps).
There is no absolute, undeniable proof that using Eiffel or Ada does
make this process faster. There is no proof that debugging time is
drastically less. There is no proof that maintainance is lower.
There is no proof that even it it was the case it matters more than
10% of the total budget.
Don't get me wrong, I'm using Eiffel and believe that those languages
make a difference to the bottom line, but it is just belief.
And even if there were really hard facts, would that alter a lot? Just
look at other sciences and pseudo-sciences. Facts don't alter human
behaviour.
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Regards,
Berend. (-: