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=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: quick summary of non-governmental Ada applications Message-ID: <2016@sparko.gwu.edu> Date: 6 Jul 90 22:47:36 GMT Reply-To: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C. List-Id: I would like to create an informal, public list of nongovernmental Ada applications. Following is my first cut, which I got from published sources: AJPO reports, vendor newsletters, Ada Today, etc. If any of you know of any applications in this category, please post or e-mail me. I will update and post the list periodically. This may help those of you who are asked by colleagues what Ada is being used for outside the government. I am not using the term "commercial," because this is a term of art in SIGAda that does not necessarily mean nongovernmental. What I am looking for is systems that were not government funded, meaning the developers chose Ada because they liked it. If you wish to flame me for my terminology, I am openminded but please do it by private e-mail. Thanks. Some Non-Governmental Ada Applications - July 1990 sources: published reports, vendor newsletters, etc. summarized by Michael B. Feldman, The George Washington University USA CRI, relational DBMS and application generator, 180,000 lines, several large companies have used it to build applications USA Dowell-Schlumberger, oil exploration simulation software, 20,000 lines, DEC USA Reuters, news/financial services, transaction processing for financial information, 15,000 statement prototype USA General Electric, hot steel rolling mill, 200,000 lines, multiple MicroVax-en, DEC Ada USA Boeing, 747-400 subsystem components of cockpit displays, on- board maintenance systems, secondary flight controls USA Arthur Andersen, accounting/auditing/consulting, several internal projects done in Ada USA PC-based programmer for embedded medical products - company won't be identified publicly, doesn't want its programmers recruited away! USA Boneck Printing, job costing system, 120,000 lines, Janus/Ada USA LDS Hospital, medical decision suport system, 40,000 lines, DOS, Alsys (for NASA, but appears to be commercial-type application) USA Genesis Software, Inc., complete bill paying system, >250,000 lines, Wang VS, Alsys Finland Nokia Information Systems, online banking system, >100,000 lines, uses Ada as its standard programming language Germany MAN Truck and Bus Company, payroll system (1982!) Sweden ESAB, robotic welding stations for use in flexible manufacturing systems, TeleSoft, Vax and 680x0 Sweden Volvo, materials handling system, TeleSoft Sweden Color display element of hospital building control and monitoring system - 1600 I/O channels, 200 dynamic color displays, lots of tasking, Meridian UK DACMAN, simulation and data monitoring system for auto engines IBM PC, 80,000 lines of code, uses tasking, Meridian UK Process Plant and Chemicals, chemical process control systems, >20,000 lines, PC compatibles, Alsys