CFCSEIC News Briefs, W/E December 12, 1997

CFCSEIC News Briefs, W/E December 12, 1997

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Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending:  December 12, 1997

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PUBLIC ADA LIBRARY ENHANCEMENTS
Topic:  Ada

As a result of suggestions for improvements to the Public Ada Library 
(PAL) received at the Tri-Ada '97 Conference, Richard Conn, manager of the 
PAL, has modified the programs which create the PAL Card Catalog entries 
to include date/time stamps with the directory displays of all files.  
All PAL Card Catalog entries now show the size and date/time (of last 
update) of every file.

This will help users determine more easily if updates have been made to 
assets of particular interest.  The PAL Card Catalog entires for all 600+ 
assets have been updated.

The new format may be viewed at the Washington University archive:
  
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/pal.html

SOURCE:  Richard Conn, mailto:conn@monmouth.com, http://monmouth.com/conn

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INTEROPERATION OF ADA AND JAVA
Topic:  Ada

In the December 1997 issue of Crosstalk, the topic of Ada/Java 
interoperation in distributed systems using ADEPT is discussed.  The 
Advanced Distributed Engineering and Programming Toolset (ADEPT) was 
originally developed as a tool to build distributed systems using the 
GNAT Ada compiler.  

Based on this work, the interoperation of Ada and Java using distributed 
or remote objects is being explored as a means to capitalize on the 
complimentary advantages of the two languages to develop a new generation 
of distributed systems.

The article may be viewed in its entirety at:  
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/Crosstalk/1997/dec/adept.html

SOURCE:  A. Gargaro, G. Smith, R. Theriault, R. Volz, R. Waldrop, 
"Interoperation of Ada and Java in Distributed Systems Using ADEPT", 
Crosstalk, December 1997, v 10, n 12, pp. 11-15.

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ADA 95 LESSONS LEARNED ON THE WEB
Topic:  Ada

Jean-Marie Dautelle of World Builders in Ontario, Canada, has compiled a 
list of lessons learned following three years of software development 
experience using Ada 95.

The lessons learned may be accessed via the AdaIC Web Site at:

http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/projects/

or directly at:
  
http://www.magi.com/~wb/ada95.html

SOURCE:  AdaIC

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