Where to use SELF - your opinion

L. Peter Deutsch deutsch at Eng.Sun.COM
Sat Oct 31 00:47:25 UTC 1992


> How would you compare C/C++ and Smalltalk in this framework? Is there
> any data available on the reliability of applications written in C/C++
> versus those written in Smalltalk?

That's an interesting question.  It seems to me you would have to account
for the amount of development time put into the application (including
testing), and measure reliability in terms of something like "unpleasant
surprises per user-hour."  I wonder if ParcPlace knows anything about
this....




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