Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ima.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: mod.compilers Subject: Re: syntax and error-proneness Message-ID: <168@ima.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 23:05:18 EST Article-I.D.: ima.168 Posted: Thu Mar 20 23:05:18 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 07:44:29 EST Lines: 17 Approved: Return-Path: id AA17944; Tue, 18 Mar 86 17:00:21 est I've been collecting in an ad hoc fashion data about errors Ada programmers make. I can send you an interim draft of this info, either electronically or in hard copy. The file contains about 75K characters. This doesn't contain any formal measures of the kind you are interested in, but it has some raw data on the kinds of errors people make. John B. Goodenough goodenou@wanginst (CSNET) Wang Institute of Graduate Studies harvard!wanginst!goodenou (UUCP) Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879 Goodenough@ISI (ARPA) (At Wang Institute until 6/1/86) 617-649-9731 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send submissions to: ima!compilers ima is reachable as { ucbvax!cbosgd | ihnp4 | cca | bbncca | think | uiucdcs | allegra | inmet | yale | harvard }!ima!... Arpa mail may make it to ima!compilers@CCA-UNIX or ima!compilers@BBNCCA