PC Based Ada Control Programs

PC Based Ada Control Programs

[Robert P. Kuzmicki]

I have recently purchased a copy of ActivAda for Windows from Thomson
Software with the intention to write at first, some simple control
programs, then more complicated one's for the PC/AT. I use alot of
Keithley - Metrabyte Input/Output, high speed A/D cards, GPIB, File
I/O, RS-232 etc.

Where can I find good examples of Ada83/95 instrumentation control
programs? I write mostly PC based and an occasional 80C186EB SBC
control program for a large company. I have written mostly DOS apps,
but I am just now getting into Windows programming. 

I have zero writing experience in Ada, but I find Ada an attractive
candidate for my work in spite of the flaming Ada receives.

I have written numerous programs in 80X86 Assembler, PLM, Pascal and C
in the last 20 years. I would like to give Ada a shot and do my own
personal benchmarking against the 'other' software platforms.

Also, can anyone recommend any good Ada texts for reference.

Re: PC Based Ada Control Programs

[Carl Bowman]

In article <4r3qfs$qi6@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>,
Robert P. Kuzmicki  <bobkuz@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
 I have recently purchased a copy of ActivAda for Windows from Thomson
 Software with the intention to write at first, some simple control
 programs, then more complicated one's for the PC/AT. I use alot of
 Keithley - Metrabyte Input/Output, high speed A/D cards, GPIB, File
 I/O, RS-232 etc.
 
 Where can I find good examples of Ada83/95 instrumentation control
 programs? I write mostly PC based and an occasional 80C186EB SBC
 control program for a large company. I have written mostly DOS apps,
 but I am just now getting into Windows programming. 
 
 I have zero writing experience in Ada, but I find Ada an attractive
 candidate for my work in spite of the flaming Ada receives.
 
 I have written numerous programs in 80X86 Assembler, PLM, Pascal and C
 in the last 20 years. I would like to give Ada a shot and do my own
 personal benchmarking against the 'other' software platforms.
 
 Also, can anyone recommend any good Ada texts for reference.


I would suggest checking out the Ada Information Clearinghouse's web
site at http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us .  There you can find online
information on Ada and links to many other online resources such as
the Public Ada Library (a resource for reusable code) and the Ada FAQ,
maintained by Magnus Kempe (sp?).

Carl Bowman
Ada Information Clearinghouse

Re: PC Based Ada Control Programs

[Spasmo]

Carl Bowman (bowmanc@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us) wrote:
: In article <4r3qfs$qi6@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>,
: Robert P. Kuzmicki  <bobkuz@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

[Snip]

:  Also, can anyone recommend any good Ada texts for reference.

Well here's a site that has various ada goodies including a tutorial
for Ada95 (pretty good), and other ada info, including a FAQ
for those migrating from C/C++ to Ada.  The URL is:
	http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/

Also here's another site with various ada goodies.  I haven't visited
it yet so I can't comment on how extensive/good it is:
	http://www.acm/.org/sigada/education

As for books, I've only checked out two.  One is "Ada Problem Solving
and Program Design".  It's a pretty good book (Ada83), although I
think it doesn't discuss a few of the more low-level capabilities of
the language.  Then there's "Software Engineering with Ada", which
leans heavily on designing software projects using Ada, rather than
an Ada How-To.  It does tell you how to program in Ada, but that 
doesn't seem to be its main goal--however it does discuss some of
the more fascinating aspects of Ada--like low-level capabilies.

Oh, the first book is my Michael B. Feldman and Elliot B. Koffman.
The second is by the famous Grady Booch -- Mr. OOP Himself :)

BTW, I'm still in the process of learning ADA--coming from a C/C++
background and I gotta admit, I am very impressed.  This is
one sweet language, very thoughtful features to say the least.

	




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