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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad85ba4fb5c3dca7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,ad85ba4fb5c3dca7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ad85ba4fb5c3dca7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,ad85ba4fb5c3dca7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ad85ba4fb5c3dca7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: seic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (SEIC) Subject: SEIC News, W/E Dec. 20, 1996 Date: 1996/12/20 Message-ID: <59evg1$ebd@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 205167631 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: 1996-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Software Engineering News Week Ending: December 20, 1996 ********************************************* ARC BECOMES ARMY'S GCCS REPOSITORY Topic: Reuse The Army Reuse Center is pleased to announce the establishment of a Global Command and Control System (GCCS) repository. The ARC, as the Army's node to the Defense Software Repository System (DSRS), has been selected by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to be the Army's centralized distribution point for all GCCS components. The repository will contain the latest versions of GCCS software, documentation, test plans, and test data. The following components are available to all users of the Army Library in the GCCS repository: Scheduling and Movement (S&M); Scheduling and Movement Database (SMDB); AdHoc Query (Oracle); Medical Planning and Execution System (MEPES); Non-Unit Personnel Generator (NPG); and Information Management System/Reference File Manager (IMSRM). For more information, contact Simone Brookshire (703) 806-3580 or DSN 656-3580. SOURCE: "ARC Becomes the Army's GCCS Repository," ARC News. December 1996. v5 n4. p. 10. **************************************************** ADA RIDES A JAVA WAVE Topic: Ada Ada received a boost this past month thanks to Java and the World Wide Web. That was the verdict of attendees at last week's Tri-Ada '96 conference, held in Philadelphia, PA. The Java connection will come via a new technology from Intermetrics Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) called AppletMagic. It takes high-level Ada programs and converts them into Java byte code, which can be executed on Netscape Navigator and other Java-capable browsers. Ada advocates at the conference also said Ada is poised to move into real-time applications-particularly those running on single board computers-in a big way. That market segment is being jump-started by the availability of technologies such as Gnat, a heavy hitting Ada compiler that supports real-time priority levels, scheduling and queuing. "Ada's been on a steady growth path and it's going to a lot of new places," said Tucker Taft, chief scientist at Intermetrics. "People love Ada when they use it..." Ada's advance into the commercial world could also be aided by a new wave of technologies tuned for real-time applications. "The future of Ada really lies in high-assurance applications and in real-time apps," said David Fisher, a keynote speaker who is a senior member of the technical staff at the Software Engineering Institute (Pittsburgh). To that end, Ada Core Technologies Inc. (New York) is offering up its Gnat 2.0.1 compiler, which implements full support for the complex real-time requirements detailed in the Ada "Annex D" specification. "The goal is to reduce non-deterministic behavior as much as possible," said Robert Dewar, president of Ada Core Technologies. "Real-time programs have a hard enough time as it is. You want to give them a platform where you know exactly how they'll run." Dewar noted that developers have long been moving full-bore on the real-time front, constructing kernel-based apps. "Most recently, we are seeing real-time Ada applications being built on top of full-blown operating systems like Windows NT and Solaris," he said. Information on AppletMagic is available at http://www.inmet.com. SOURCE: Electronic Engineering Times -- 12-09-96, p. 04. Copyright 1996, CMP Publications, Inc. *********************************************************************** FINAL REMINDER: RELIABLE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES (Ada-Europe'97) Topic: Ada RELIABLE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES (Ada-Europe'97) London, June 2-6 1997 A reminder that the final deadline for submission of papers is December 31, 1996. See the Conference's Web page for details of suggested topics and how to submit at . Note that only FULL PAPERS will be accepted for this deadline. To assist in planning, if you are intending to submit a paper, organizers would be grateful if you would let them know now. Organized by Ada UK on behalf of Ada-Europe, in co-operation with ACM SIGAda. For further information, email the conference organizer on . 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