From: "Mike Silva" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <3868DC8F DOT A0B00483 AT turku DOT crosswinds DOT net> Subject: Re: What the hell is ADA? Lines: 38 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:42:08 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.169.137.33 X-Complaints-To: news AT wenet DOT net X-Trace: news.wenet.net 946484623 206.169.137.33 (Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:23:43 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:23:43 PST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hmmm...posted an answer from my worthless home ISP that didn't seem to get through -- trying again from work! Ada was developed to meet a Department of Defense requirement for a language for writing large embedded programs. Among the goals were very high reliability, support for large development teams, and efficient code generation (this was a problem in the beginning, but now Ada code performance is as good or better than C code performance). Ada sees lots of use in areas such as aircraft and space systems, air traffic control, medical devices, etc. The current version, Ada95, is comparable in scope to C++, but I think it's a *much* nicer language. It's also got built-in concurrency. A very nice, safe and portable general-purpose language. Some pointers: http://www.adapower.com http://www.adahome.com http://www.adaic.com Newsgroup: comp.lang.ada Mike Toaster wrote in message <3868DC8F DOT A0B00483 AT turku DOT crosswinds DOT net>... >I downloaded those libraries... but what is ADA >how do I use those libraries >-- >---------------------------- >Toaster : > Ville Elomaa > elomaa AT turku DOT crosswinds DOT net > www.crosswinds.net/~elomaa > > >