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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:1163 comp.lang.ada:2069 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!gatech!hubcap!billwolf From: billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Reuseable Ada components Message-ID: <4581@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 27 Feb 89 18:29:55 GMT References: <4571@hubcap.UUCP> Sender: news@hubcap.UUCP Reply-To: wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu List-Id: [Karl Nyberg e-mailed me some information regarding my recent article, which I believe to be of general interest...] From: karl@grebyn.com (Karl Nyberg) Organization: Grebyn Corporation Phone: +1 703 281 2104 > Ada has far more reuseable ADTs already coded. I'm coding a concurrent > ADT right now, in fact. Vendors such as EVB, lib systems, Wizard > Software, and so on, have entire catalogs of Ada components you can buy That's pretty good. You only missed about another half dozen to ten vendors. [Editor's note: I did say "and so on"...] > Also, one can obtain a magtape copy of the Ada Software Repository from > > MACA > Attn: Janet Mckellar > P.O. Drawer 100 - Bldg T148 > White Sands Missile Rang, NM 88002 About ten other people also provide this service. Differing formats are supported by others for varying fees. Folks on the arpanet can get it via anonymous FTP. > The Ada Information Clearinghouse Newsletter periodically summarizes major > Ada software libraries and systems; it's free, and you can get on the > mailing list by sending a postcard to > > Ada Information Clearinghouse > c/o IIT Research Institute > 4600 Forbes Blvd., Second Floor > Lanham, MD 20706-4312 As does my newsletter and recent book. In case you missed the Jan/Feb Ada Letters issue in which a draft of this review was printed: ================================================================== Ada: Sources and Resources, 1989 Edition by Karl A. Nyberg A Capsule Review by Dave Emery At one time or another, most of us have served as "resource people" for our companies on Ada. Ada: Sources and Resources serves as a single point for answering most of those non-technical "I have an Ada question" phone calls that we seem to get. Karl Nyberg has collected information on vendors, organizations, publications and conferences, and other related sources of Ada information, and placed it all into a single volume. The book starts off with a capsule history (presented chronologically) of the Ada program. This is particularly useful for documenting the order of events in the history of Ada. (Which came first, the ACVC contract or the Preliminary Ada reference manual?) The remaining chapters cover compiler vendors, software tool vendors, groups and organizations (both government and private), publications, electronic services, consultants and trainers, conferences, professional recruiters, books and finally a glossary of terms and acronyms. Each chapter covers the material alphabetically, with extensive cross-referencing. The best entries in the book include historical information on the vendor or organization, as well as information on the product or service provided. The entries always include a point of contact. Some entries are not as complete as others, and this lack of consistency is one of the book's few shortcomings. In his forward, Bob Mathis compares the book to a well-stocked Rolodex. This book has a tremendous advantage over a Rolodex, namely the comprehensive indexes. There are separate indexes for names of individuals (points of contact), "items" (proper names, such as ACEC and VADS), vendors, and organizations. It would be nice if there were an index to compilers and tools by computer, to answer questions like "What tools run on a Sun?" This is a valuable book. I had a pre-publication draft that saved me a lot of time going through back issues of Ada Letters and sales brochures to find the name of a particular vendor or organizational contact. It deserves a place right next to your telephone, either to answer questions, or to call someone to get an answer. ================================================================== [I have deleted Karl's standard advertising blurb] Karl A. Nyberg karl@grebyn.com, nyberg@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu Grebyn Corporation karl%grebyn.com@haven.umd.edu P. O. Box 497 {decuac,haven}!grebyn!karl Vienna, VA 22183-0497 703-281-2194