Needed: descriptions of large software projects in Ada

Needed: descriptions of large software projects in Ada

[Ozan Yigit]

  [posted on behalf of allan.cobb@ccs.yorku.ca]

  From:	Allan.Cobb@CCS.YorkU.CA
  Date:	Fri, 10 May 91 13:35:00 EDT
   
  My university, York University in Toronto, Canada, is considering the use
  of Ada for a large database management application, specifically a student
  information system.
   
  I would greatly appreciate any descriptions (even if brief) of large
  software development projects of "mission critical" systems, which have
  used Ada.  I am interested in why Ada was chosen for the project and
  whether the programmming language and related design methodolgies proven
  successful.  For this purpose, I am interested in all types of
  applications, whether or not they have been undertaken in a university
  environment.
   
  Please send me any such descriptions by email (allan.cobb@ccs.yorku.ca);
  I shall be happy to post a summary.
   
   
  Allan
   
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Re: Needed: descriptions of large software projects in Ada

[Grady Booch]

I response to allan's request.

one such project I was involved in was stanfins-r,
a 1million + line application in ada, using a
commercial relational database (on ibm mainframes); the
application was for typical inventory control/accounts
processing on army posts.

the project used rational's development environment for ada work;
we also worked with them to use my oo method.

the project delivered on time, and in budget. based upon the
suggess of the project, at least one other service
cancelled a similar project for its mis needs, and decided to reuse
the stanfins products.

there are some papers by the developer (csc) that I could probably dig
up, if I don't get overwhelmed with requests for it.

egb