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Tucker Taft <[log in to unmask]>
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Tucker Taft <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:00:05 -0500
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> ...
> Actually, I think Tucker should (a) bag the "function points" language,
> and (b) bite the bullet and say that productivity is way higher with
> Ada, not "at least as high" (what if, say, car dealers said "come on
> down and trade that car in for a new Belchfire -- it's _at_least_as_good_
> as what you're driving now!").

I didn't write the paragraph that talked about function points (I'm
still a KLOC man, anyway ;-).

The paragraph was suggested by someone else on Team-Ada, I believe.

> Mark Lundquist
> the usual disclaimer -- I don't speak for Rational, etc., etc.

-Tuck

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