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From: "Marco" <prenom_nomus@yahoo.com>
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Subject: FYI - Lead Designer of Ada Dies
Date: 12 Feb 2007 11:05:54 -0800
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February 5, 2007 - Jean Ichbiah, creator of the Ada programming
language, died on Jan. 26 due to complications from a brain tumor. He
was 66. Ichbiah was the lead developer at CII Honeywell Bull in France
when that company took on the task of creating a new programming
language in 1977. Ichbiah and his team built Ada in order to secure a
Department of Defense contract, and after the language was chosen,
Ichbiah left CII Honeywell Bull to found an Ada-specific company,
Alsys Corp. Ichbiah's legacy remains alive in Ada, which is still used
today in some embedded and Defense Department projects.