ADA into the 90's
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Published in August 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-85573-064-9 (ISBN)
Description
Ada was the curiosity of the programming world in the 1970s (though not known by that name in those days). It grew into the novelty of the 1980s and has become an effective workhorse of the 1990s for quality software. To ensure that its use continues and grows, work is underway to produce a second version of the language, in what is known as the Ada 9x project. The contributors to this comprehensive guide demonstrate: the range and variety of application areas in which Ada can be used successfully; the different lessons that can be learnt from the growing body of experience with Ada; how Ada is being connected to other emerging software technologies, such as support environments and formal methods; and how the new Ada 9x project is tackling the frustrations associated with the original use of Ada.
Ada was the curiosity of the programming world in the 1970s (though not known by that name in those days). It grew into the novelty of the 1980s and has become an effective workhorse of the 1990s for quality software. To ensure that its use continues and grows, work is underway to produce a second version of the language, in what is known as the Ada 9x project. The contributors to this comprehensive guide demonstrate: the range and variety of application areas in which Ada can be used successfully; the different lessons that can be learnt from the growing body of experience with Ada; how Ada is being connected to other emerging software technologies, such as support environments and formal methods; and how the new Ada 9x project is tackling the frustrations associated with the original use of Ada.
Ada was the curiosity of the programming world in the 1970s (though not known by that name in those days). It grew into the novelty of the 1980s and has become an effective workhorse of the 1990s for quality software. To ensure that its use continues and grows, work is underway to produce a second version of the language, in what is known as the Ada 9x project. The contributors to this comprehensive guide demonstrate: the range and variety of application areas in which Ada can be used successfully; the different lessons that can be learnt from the growing body of experience with Ada; how Ada is being connected to other emerging software technologies, such as support environments and formal methods; and how the new Ada 9x project is tackling the frustrations associated with the original use of Ada.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85573-064-9 (9781855730649)
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Content
Successful applications of Ada in the United States; a comparison between object-oriented and implement-driven design; an experience with Ada for distributed, real-time systems; designing and scheduling an Ada program to meet time constraints; experience with multi-transputer Ada; a relational database in Ada; the implementation of a Mascot3 design in Ada; the development of concurrent Ada systems from LOTOS specifications; experiences with SPARK and its support tool, the SPARK Examiner; TDF - an interface for software distribution and installation; Ada 9x - the requirements; Ada 9x - mapping / revision program; 1334 compilation units, Ada in the large.