Re: SEI abandons Ada

[dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller)]

In article <3m1m3q$550@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com>,
Garlington KE <l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> wrote:
>Larry Howard (lph@sei.cmu.edu) wrote:
>: Our team addresses architectural designs for real-time simulation, especially
>: in training applications such as flight simulators.  The work is known to many
>: by the name of the architectural device we employ, namely structural models.
>
>And, in case anyone sees this as just another wasted academic study, this
>work has been incorporated into some of the ground-based Ada software for the
>F-22.
>
It is also the framework for several other simulators.  Many
companies use the Structural Model: Boeing, Hughes, Lockheed,
Link^H^H^H^HHughes, Loral, etc.

It is a very interesting framework that exhibits tremendous reuse
potential.  Lord knows it makes integration a snap compared to the
"old ways".  It is without a doubt that the Structural Model (first
documented by the Air Force's ASC/YW) has saved millions of dollars
across several projects.

IMHO, it is the first example of a successfully applied "pattern"
that seems to be such a hot topic in the OO community (the Structural
Model goes back to around 1982).

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