SAIC Ada Binding Bug Fix

SAIC Ada Binding Bug Fix

[Raymond Tom]

If you are using the SAIC Ada bindings to X which is available
from ajpo.sei.cmu.edu under ~ftp/public/infoada/x11, there is a
bug in x_lib.a in the procedure Change_Property the following
change need to be made for the variable Format: 
 
<   --############################################################
<   --##
<   --##  The values for Format should be 8, 16, or 32
<   --## 
<   --##  03/09/89  RST Fix bug in Change_Property.
<                               2 ** Property_Format_Type'POS(Format) * 8,
<   --############################################################
---
>                               Property_Format_Type'POS (Format),
 
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ADA its use in real time systems

[Allan P. Callaghan]

seeking opinion of ADA Gurus!  Does anyone have strong feelings regarding the decision criteria that should apply before using ADA on real time defense projects e.g. size of project, speed of compiled code relative to machine code, cost effectiveness of ADA to systems such as platform mounted Electronic Warfare SystemsRealise this is a large order --- does anyone know of good books or articles on this topic?????

Ada, not ADA

[Robert Firth]

Forgive me if you think this too trivial, but:

The name of the programming language Mil-Std-1815A is not an
acronym, it is a genuine word.  Unless there is some special
reason for using all upper-case, it should be written "Ada",
not "ADA".

Thank you

Re: Ada, not ADA

[Grant Edwards]

in article <3149@bd.sei.cmu.edu>, firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) says:
> 
> Forgive me if you think this too trivial, but:
> 
> The name of the programming language Mil-Std-1815A is not an
> acronym, it is a genuine word.  Unless there is some special
> reason for using all upper-case, it should be written "Ada",
> not "ADA".
> 
> Thank you

Damn right!

And while we're on the subject, Pascal is also named
after a person.  That is why only the *first* letter of
the name is upper case.  As far as I know, ADA stands for
the American Dental Association.  I haven't seen anything
which has the acronym PASCAL.

People who insist on writing ADA and PASCAL probably also
pronounce the word "nuclear" as if it were spelled "nucular"
(but that's a peeve of another color)

Re: Ada, not ADA

[John Stafford]

I once complained to Time Magazine about their use of PASCAL and got a
nice letter back saying that they were just doing what "Charles Sippl's
Computer Dictionary" (or something like that) said.  I had seen that
dictionary and had noted numerous errors in it myself, but it didn't
seem worth the effort to point that out.  After all they were Time
magazine and what a (dubious) computer dictionary said was more
important than standard English usage (and it no doubt made them feel
"with it" in a high-tech sense to have such a authority).

Oh yes, ADA is also the American Diabetes Association (and no doubt
other organizations as well).

Re: Re: Ada, not ADA

[John Wolf]

Also the American Dental Association.

Ada, not ADA

[Don Cameron]

Not to mention Americans for Democratic Action.  This ADA was a left-liberal
political advocacy organization.  I wonder if they're still around ...

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