On Thu Nov 22 11:15:36 EST 2012, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > and even that aside, can you cite studies that show that the choice of > > programming > > language is the dominant term in determining the error rate of the resulting > > code? > > Come on, Erik, are you suggesting that because there are no studies, > the situation could not exist?
i don't know that they do or don't. but to me that was the clear assumption. my hunch is that there is more evidence that development practice and culture have a stronger bearing on the quality of the code than the implementation language. for example, the folks who wrote the space shuttle software (originally ibm) downplayed their language, but made a point of talking about how they developed code. their results were quite good. one software-caused failsafe in all the launches. so that's just an anecdote. i'd like to know more about the subject. - erik
