Table 14. Easy Transition (each comparison cell shows the costs paradigm shift/static-dynamic type shift/hop count).
| Ada | C | C++ | C# | Fortran | Java | Modula-2 | Pascal | Python | Total Cost | Rating | |
| Ada | - | 3/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 2/0/1 | 19 | Mostly |
| C | 3/1/0 | - | 1/1/0 | 1/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 1/1/1 | 23 | Partially |
| C++ | 2/0/0 | 1/0/0 | - | 1/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 1/0/1 | 15 | Fully |
| C# | 3/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 1/0/0 | - | 4/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 2/0/1 | 18 | Fully |
| Fortran | 3/1/0 | 2/0/0 | 3/1/0 | 4/1/0 | - | 4/1/0 | 3/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 3/1/1 | 32 | No |
| Java | 3/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 4/0/0 | - | 2/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 1/0/1 | 18 | Fully |
| Modula-2 | 1/1/0 | 2/0/0 | 2/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 3/1/0 | 2/1/0 | - | 1/1/0 | 1/1/1 | 22 | Mostly |
| Pascal | 1/1/0 | 2/0/0 | 3/1/0 | 3/1/0 | 2/1/0 | 3/1/0 | 1/1/0 | - | 2/1/1 | 25 | Partially |
| Python | 2/0/1 | 1/0/1 | 1/0/1 | 2/0/1 | 3/0/1 | 1/0/1 | 1/0/1 | 2/0/1 | - | 21 | Mostly |