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From: ftpam1@acad3.alaska.edu (MUNTS PHILLIP A)
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Subject: Re: AdaZ
Summary: Ada_Z is also the name of TASC Ada design tool
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Date: 19 Dec 90 09:21:14 GMT
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In article <1990Dec18.073715.2181@mojsys.uucp>, joevl@mojsys.uucp (Joe Vlietstra) writes...
>In article <731@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Dave Weller) writes:
>>
>>Well, to my intended point:  I am aware of a company (name escapes
>>me -- they made a big impression) that was marketing a CASE tool
>>called Ada_Z...have they changed their name, gone out of business,
>>or can't afford an ambulance-chaser to sue Meridian? :-)
>>
>Ada_Z is also the name of the Ada PDL tool used by TASC (The Analytic
>Sciences Corp).  A short description of Ada_Z is in Judy Kerner's
>Ada Design Language Developers Matrix, Ada Letters, vol X, No 8,
>(Nov/Dev 1990), page 45.
>According to this description Ada_Z is for internal use only at
>TASC.
>			Joe Vlietstra

     My AdaZ (or is it Meridian Ada 4.1?) came with a note acknowledging this
and stating the name would change.

Philip Munts N7AHL
NRA Extremist, etc.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks