Ada, the Magic Language

Ada, the Magic Language

[BSCrawford]

I hereby donate the following draft lyrics to Team Ada, the 
ARA, SIGAda and anyone else who wants to use them to promote 
our favorite language. The title is "Ada, the Magic Language" 
-- to be sung to the tune of "Puff, the Magic Dragon"  -- 
the tune goes up high at the end of each odd numbered pair 
of lines, lower at the end of even numbered pairs. 

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                Ada, the Magic Language
                 by the Bard of Ada 95

Ada, the magic language, combines the best of C, 
And C++, and Pascal, with FLEXIBILITY.                     (1)

With compile and runtime checking, and built-in concurrency,
You can make distributed systems, with RELIABILITY.        (2)


With legacy code in Fortran, COBOL and C
You can reuse many assets, MULTI-LINGUALLY.                (3)

You can generate Java applets automatically,
Sending products to the web, PLATFORM-INDEPENDENTLY.       (4)


With object-orientation and composibility,
You can package library systems, HIERARCHICLY.             (5)

With nicely packaged structures, and portability,
Ada's great to teach and learn, with READABILITY.          (6)
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Next year, I plan to produce a "glitzy" version of 
HOT_Ada, with sound clips, etc.  I plan to have my 
daughter, Jenny, sing this while accompanying herself 
on the guitar.  Suggested additions and improvements 
will be gratefully accepted.

Bard Crawford
Stage Harbor Software
bscrawford@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/HOTAda/