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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,7f510f0a41dedb4c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,7f510f0a41dedb4c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7f510f0a41dedb4c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,7f510f0a41dedb4c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,7f510f0a41dedb4c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: seic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (SEIC) Subject: SEIC News Brief, Nov. 15, 1996 Date: 1996/11/15 Message-ID: <56io4m$8jk@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> X-Deja-AN: 196727868 content-type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: Software Engineering Information Center mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1996-11-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Software Engineering News Brief Week Ending: 11/15/96 ************************************* NRC PUBLIC BRIEFING SLIDES ON WWW Topic: Ada The slide presentation from the National Research Council's public briefing entitled "Ada and Beyond: Software Policies for the Department of Defense" is now available on the World Wide Web. The 54 page slide presentation, in HTML format, can be accessed via the Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC) WWW pages at . For further information, contact the AdaIC at 1-800/AdaIC-11 (1-800/232-4211). SOURCE: AdaIC *********************************************** RATIONAL ROSE 4.0 SUPPORTS ITERATIVE PROCESSES Topic: Reuse The Rational Software Corporation's recently released Rational Rose 4.0 offers support for software engineering teams implementing iterative processes. Iterative processes enable developers to dramatically reduce risk in a project by exposing it early in the lifecycle rather than at the end. Rational Rose 4.0 supports teams implementing iterative processes by using round-trip engineering to maintain consistency at each iteration between an application's visual model and its implementation. Rational Rose 4.0 will support controlled iterative development and round-trip engineering for a variety of programming languages and 4GLs, including Ada, C++, Visual Basic, Java, Forte, PowerBuilder, and Smalltalk. SOURCE: Rational Online News, owner-rational_news@rational.com, 11/11/96. ****************************** CALL FOR ADA 95 SURVEY Topic: Ada REMINDER: A few months ago you may have received a blue "Survey of Ada 95 Projects" from the Ada Information Clearinghouse(AdaIC). The survey is being undertaken to gauge the extent of use of Ada 95. If you have not yet done so, please complete the Survey and return it to: AdaIC, PO Box 1866, Falls Church, VA 22041. If you did not receive a copy of the Survey, or misplaced it, and would like one sent to you, please contact the AdaIC at 1-800/AdaIC-11 or . SOURCE: AdaIC ********************************************** TRI-Ada '96 FREE EXHIBIT PASSES AVAILABLE Topic: Ada The Ada Information Clearinghouse(AdaIC) has a limited number of free exhibitor guest passes available to TRI-Ada '96. The TRI-Ada '96 Conference is being held December 3-7, 1996 at the Philadelphia Marriott in Philadelphia, PA. The exhibit hall will be open December 4 and 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and December 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. If you would like a free exhibit pass or more information about the conference, contact the AdaIC by phone at 1-800/AdaIC-11, or by e-mail at . SOURCE: AdaIC ************************************************************ ACADEMIC ADA 95 COMPILER/TEXTBOOK PACKAGE RELEASED ON CD-ROM Topic: Ada Addison Wesley publishing company and Thomson Software Products have teamed to release a compiler/textbook package aimed at the student market and also available for any academic, experimental, or personal use without restriction. The package will be available on CD-ROM December 2, 1996; the compiler is a "Special Edition" of Thomson's Ada 95 compiler ObjectAda; the textbook is "Ada 95, Problem Solving and Program Design," Second Edition, by Michael B. Feldman and Elliot B. Koffman. This Special Edition of ObjectAda will be available for student and academic use on PCs and workstations running Windows95 and WindowsNT. No site license will be needed, and the combined package will be offered at the same price as the book alone except for a nominal cost for packaging. A full commercial license is available separately from Thomson. For further information... Instructors wishing to receive a complimentary examination copy of the text (ISBN 87009) for adoption consideration may send their request via e-mail to aw.cse@aw.com; within the USA, call 1-800/447-2226. Addison-Wesley's World Wide Web site is . For additional information on the full commercial site license available through Thomson, contact Sandra Golez-Meiley at meily@ide.com. SOURCE: Ada Joint Program Office ********************************** DDC-I ANNOUNCES DACS-ASIS Topic: Ada DDC-I has announced the availability of DACS-ASIS -- the implementation of ASIS 2.0F for the DDC-I Ada Compiler System (DACS-95). ASIS is the Ada Semantic Interface Specification. Version 2.0 supports Ada 95, and provides programmatic access to the semantic and syntactic information contained in the Ada environment. ASIS is a set of Ada package specifications that define over 400 functions or queries. These queries are closely patterned after the syntax and semantics of Ada as defined in the Ada 95 Reference Manual. More information on ASIS 2.0 can be found on the Web at . DACS-ASIS is supported in part by the Ada Technology Insertion Program-Partnership (ATIP-P). SOURCE: DDC-I Real-Time Journal, v. 3(2), p. 1-2. 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