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In article <44epau$qof@saba.info.ucla.edu>, jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay
Martin) wrote:

> So using the criteria of Computer Science we get (scale 1-10):
> 
> Desirable CS Attribute                 C     Ada
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Terseness                              10     0
> Lots of operators                      10     0
> Stuff Combined in 1 statement          10     0
> } vs "end if;"  productivity boost     10     0
> No Straitjackets whatsoever            10     0
> Puzzlelike character                   10     0 (No puzzle book even exists)
> Unfettered Nature                      10     0
>                                     ---------------
> Mean                                   10     0
> Median                                 10     0
> Standard Deviation                      0     0
> (To show you I am really scientific)

My response:
"Terseness" and " Stuff Combined in 1 statement" and "} vs "end if;" 
productivity boost " are pretty much the same thing.  Call them
"writeability."

Not having straightjackets is not necessarily a positive thing as it
erodes discipline.  It is also the same thing as "unfettered nature"

"Puzzlelike character" is a negative, not a positive.  Reverse the scores.

Not only would I disagree with some of your scores, I would submit that
you have left out more important things than some of these.

Score it this way:
 Desirable CS Attribute                 C     Modular Languages
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Writeability                            8             7
Discipline                              3             9
Readibility                             3             8
Maintainability                         1             9
Universality of use                    10             1
Expressibility                          8             8
                                     -------------------
Mean                                    5.5           7.0

For the second colums, read Modula-2, Modula-3, Oberon, and Ada, but you
can vary some of the Expressibility scores somewhat.  You can also argue
whether "Universality of use" should even be in the chart.

Rick.

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Rick Sutcliffe    Assoc. Prof. Computing/Math   Trinity Western University
comp.lang.modula-2 FAQ maintainer & WG13(Can) chair. Not speaking for TWU/WG13