Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

A few sentences of explanation would be enough, before I go Google 
Search. ;)

Re: Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:40:56 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
<toylet.toylet@gmail.com> declaimed the following:

>
>A few sentences of explanation would be enough, before I go Google 
>Search. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)

(seems my client doesn't consider () to be part of a URL, don't know how
that comes through)

	Short answer -- the final teams in the language design all chose to
start with Pascal as being the cleanest/closest to the DoD requirements --
then cleaned up the problematic syntax (dangling else, semi-colon as
separator rather than terminator, etc.) before plugging in the new features
needed to meet the DoD.
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Re: Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

[gautier_niouzes]

Pascal is the most visible uncle of Ada :).

C is another one (e.g. the "return" statement, "declare" and the bits & bytes...), but - pssst, don't tell it too loudly!

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Re: Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

[Jeffrey R. Carter]

No, that was Jean Ichbiah.

-- 
Jeff Carter
Just as Khan was hindered by two-dimensional thinking in a
three-dimensional situation, so many developers are hindered
by sequential thinking in concurrent situations.
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Re: Is Pascal really the father of Ada?

[Adam Jensen]

On 11/22/2016 09:40 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> 
> A few sentences of explanation would be enough, before I go Google
> Search. ;)


[Ada - Past, Present, and Future](https://youtu.be/0yXwnk8Cr0c)

[OVERVIEW OF THE ADA LANGUAGE
COMPETITION](http://www.iment.com/maida/computer/redref/)