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

Volume

16

Issue

12

fYear

1990

Firstpage

1435

Lastpage

1439

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.62440

Filename

62440