From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,235121d51a419dc5,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-25 13:41:28 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!uunet!newsfeed.pitt.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!tartan.com!murray From: murray@tartan.com (Helen Murray) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Tartan Introduces Ada 9X Development Systems Message-ID: <1847@tlsund0.tartan.com> Date: 25 Oct 94 14:48:36 GMT Organization: Tartan Inc., of Monroeville, PA Date: 1994-10-25T14:48:36+00:00 List-Id: CONTACT: John Stare FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tartan, Inc. +412.856.3600 Tartan Introduces First Commercially Available Ada 9X Development Systems for Embedded Processors Provides Smooth Transition to New Programming Language Pittsburgh, PA, October 18, 1994 --- Tartan, Inc. introduces version 5.1 of its Ada development systems which contain support for several advanced Ada 9X features and include significantly improved programming tools. Tartan's products are the first production quality commercially available Ada 9X development systems for embedded processors. Tartan is providing Ada 9X support in step with the national and international standardization of this modern programming language revision. A simple command-line switch allows Tartan 5.1 system users to begin to experiment with the features of Ada 9X without disrupting existing Ada 83 code. Tartan is making the announcement at the DSP World Expo at the INFOmart Conference and Exhibition Center in Dallas, Texas on October 18th. "The Ada language has traditionally been used for defense and aerospace applications, and recently is also becoming popular in the commercial marketplace," stated Lee Ehrlichman, Tartan's President and CEO. "Large and complex commercial applications require the high-speed performance and critical safety factors that Ada provides. Now with the 9X revision, there are additional capabilities that will make Ada even more attractive to the commercial marketplace." Tartan's Ada development systems apply to all segments of the embedded real-time systems market, including aerospace and defense, commercial avionics, digital signal processing, medical instrumentation, process control and public transportation. The Ada 9X features included in Tartan's Ada 5.1 systems increase the flexibility of Ada while retaining its reliability. One feature, protected types, provides an efficient mechanism for multitask synchronized access to shared data, a critical requirement for real-time systems. Another Ada 9X feature is a hierarchical library structure containing child packages and subprograms. Hierarchical child packages allow extension and continued privacy of private types without massive disruption of the system. Also included in Tartan Ada 5.1 is a full 9X parser and some support for real-time annex features, including priority queuing. Software engineers can check existing Ada 83 code for syntactic upward compatibility using the 9X parser. "Tartan Ada 5.1 provides users with a solution that addresses current and future needs, in one system," stated Wayne Lieberman, General Manager of Tartan's Ada Business Unit. "Software designers have the ability to work in Ada 83, the language with which they are most familiar, and smoothly transition to Ada 9X, the new language standard, at their own pace." Additional 9X features will be incrementally added to Tartan's Ada systems to provide a manageable path for software designers to integrate the powerful new language capabilities into their applications. Tartan will complete the implementation of the core Ada 9X features long before customers are required to transition to the new Ada standard. In addition to the Ada 9X features, Tartan Ada 5.1 offers new and enhanced tools for the effective development of efficient and reliable programs. The AdaRef static analyzer helps the user easily navigate source code and find information about its components. The optional AdaTrak execution profiler provides a breakdown of program execution time to accurately analyze the efficiency of an Ada program. For some processors, the AdaList source and assembly listing tool includes a new annotation feature which displays assembly code in a meaningful way. It enhances overall productivity and reduces dependency on assembly experts. Tartan's Ada cross-compilation development systems are targeted to Texas Instruments' TMS320C3x and 'C40 Digital (R) Signal Processors (DSP), Intel's i960 processor, Motorola's 68xxx processors, and MIL-STD-1750A processors and are hosted on Sun SPARC and DEC VAX/VMS workstations. They are fully-integrated programming tools which include the following components: a highly optimizing compiler, an Ada librarian, a modular runtime system, a selective linker, a powerful Ada-specific symbolic debugger, a board retargeting kit and object file utilities. Tartan's Ada systems also contain Ada standard packages, as well as machine code insertion, intrinsics and mathematics packages. Most products include an assembler. On-line help and detailed documentation are also included. The new 5.1 capabilities will be available for all of Tartan's Ada product lines and will be issued as part of a maintenance upgrade for existing customers. Tartan develops optimizing cross-compilers and programming tools for several languages, including Ada, C and C++, with hundreds of systems installed worldwide. The company maintains its market and technical edge through ongoing development agreements with three of the largest microprocessor vendors, Texas Instruments, Intel, and Motorola. All of Tartan's technical development takes place at the corporate headquarters near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. # # #