From: "Mike Silva" <mjsilva AT jps DOT net>
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Subject: Re: What the hell is ADA?
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 21:15:57 -0800
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Ada was actually designed to meet a Department of Defense requirement for a
language to develop very large and reliable embedded programs.  The current
version, Ada95, is an excellent general-purpose language that can be
compared in scope to C++, while making it much easier to write correct,
error-free code -- hence its frequent use in aircraft systems, traffic
control, medical equipment, etc.  It's also got built-in concurrency.

Here are some pointers:

http://www.adapower.com
http://www.adahome.com
http://www.adaic.com

Also visit comp.lang.ada if interested in learning more...

Mike


Koder wrote in message ...
>
>ADA is a programming language created to replace FORTRAN. Is is named after
>Ada Byron, which is recognised to be the world's frist programmer back in
>1851.
>
>The language looks a bit like a mix between modern PASCAL and JAVA. There
is
>a very fixed structure (just like PASCAL), and works moduled (well,
>packages). It has a very tied type definition just like most modern
>languages such as PASCAL, JAVA, etc. It was especially developed for
>scientific purposes just like FORTRAN. And was immediatly organised by a
>commity and focused on an ISO standard.
>The latest incarnations are Object-Oriented.
>
></Koder>
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>
>    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
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