Re: UML & Ada

[Dennis Miller <Dennis_Miller-P28917@email.mot.com>]

Stephen Leake wrote:

> Dennis Miller <Dennis_Miller-P28917@email.mot.com> writes:
>
> > Although Ada is considered an object-based language (not including Ada
> > 95) as opposed to a OO language, is it possible to construct code in Ada
> > from UML notation and vice versa?  Better yet, is it possible to get a
> > high level of functionality from an OO notation system and implementing
> > it with a object-based language?
>
> Yes; Ada 83 is equivalent to a Turing machine, so it can be done. But
> I suspect this may not be what you meant by "functionality".
>
> On a more practical note, why are you excluding Ada 95? It is
> certainly easier to get an Ada 95 compiler than an Ada 83 compiler for
> most machines! (see http://www.gnat.com/ and http://www.aonix.com/).
>
> >
> > Dennis Miller
>
> -- Stephe

I excluded Ada 95 on the principle that it is more OO than its predecessor
(Ada 83).

Dennis