Title :
Comments on "measurement of Ada overhead in OSI-style communications systems
Author :
Karam, Gerald M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The commenter disagrees with the comparison method used and questions the usefulness of the results obtained in the above named work by N.R. Howes and A.C. Weaver (see ibid., vol.15, no.12, p.1507-17, 1989). It is claimed that the comparison method is weak because Howes and Weaver did not take into account: the impact of control flow within a protocol, the coordination required between multiple entities executing within a layer and which share the services of a lower layer, and optimizations of R.J.A. Buhr´s architecture (1984) which would have improved its performance efficiency.<>
Keywords :
Ada; computer communications software; open systems; programming; protocols; standards; Ada overhead; OSI-style communications systems; comparison method; control flow; coordination required; lower layer; multiple entities; optimizations; performance efficiency; protocol; Communication system software; Communication systems; Computer architecture; Database systems; Open systems; Optimization methods; Protocols; Relational databases; Software measurement; Software systems;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
