* Returning to Ada
@ 1995-03-29 5:46 ballj
1995-03-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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From: ballj @ 1995-03-29 5:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
I am returning to the world of Ada programming after a break of three and
a half years. When I last used the language it was dying a slow death
because the mainstream computing world hadn't took to it as was expected.
Is the use of Ada still common only to Defence and Aerospace applications ?
What has happened about Ada 9X ? and what are the prospects for future
development. OK the real question is "Is this a good career move ?"
John Ball
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1995-03-29 5:46 Returning to Ada ballj
@ 1995-03-29 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1995-03-30 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
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From: Tucker Taft @ 1995-03-29 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
ballj@ibm.net wrote:
: I am returning to the world of Ada programming after a break of three and
: a half years. When I last used the language it was dying a slow death
: because the mainstream computing world hadn't took to it as was expected.
: Is the use of Ada still common only to Defence and Aerospace applications ?
It has branched out into other areas, including ground transportation
systems, medical instrumentation, commercial transaction processing
systems, simulation, etc.
: What has happened about Ada 9X ? and what are the prospects for future
: development.
Ada 9X is complete, and is now called "Ada 95." It is an official ISO
standard as of February 15, 1995 (ISO/IEC-8652:1995(E)).
There is a nearly complete Ada 95 compiler available for free,
based on the FSF/GNU backend technology and a new front end
written in Ada 95. It is available by anonymous FTP from cs.nyu.edu,
in pub/gnat/...
: ... OK the real question is "Is this a good career move ?"
We hope so! Stay tuned to comp.lang.ada to find out...
To learn more, browse http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/
: John Ball
-Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com
Intermetrics, Inc.
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