July 1998
Ada Development Environment Integrated With Real-Time OS
-- by Green Hills Software and Raytheon.
(1998-07-05)
February 1998
Overhauled
Ada Home Bookshop
-- find the best Ada and software engineering books in our catalogue and buy them online.
(1998-02-08)
Ada Home Report
-- continued increase observed in the number of visits and visitors; more than 10,000 visitors in January 1998!
(1998-02-05)
A Thick Ada 95 Binding for Unix Child Processes and Pipes
-- use this binding to create a child process and obtain a pipe for reading or writing to that process.
(1998-02-03)
December 1997
December 10:
Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace
-- a short biography of the first computer programmer in history.
(1997-12-10)
AdaGraph v0.5
-- announcement of a free package for basic graphics on Windows 95/NT.
(1997-12-09)
October 1997
Free Aonix Ada 95 compilers
-- Aonix has released two free versions of its ObjectAda product line,
for Windows and Unix.
(1997-10-30)
August 1997
Ada to JDK 1.1 Binding
-- Aonix has released a binding to JDK 1.1, which works with both ObjectAda and Appletmagic.
(1997-08-01)
July 1997
Book review of
Ada 95 for C and C++ Programmers
-- helps C and C++ programmers to understand Ada 95 and shows where
it will benefit them as software engineers.
(1997-07-29)
Availability of
the Ada 95 Reference Manual and Rationale
-- published by Springer-Verlag, increasing the visibility of Ada 95
by making two major language reference works easily accessible to the general public.
(1997-07-29)
June 1997
Ada Can Do It!
-- common false claims about things Ada won't let you do,
and how to do them
(and why some are not directly supported).
(1997-06-16)
Ada Makes Debugging Much Easier
-- language features made debugging of project much easier.
(1997-06-16)
Ada Waivers No Longer Required by US DoD
-- new policy effective since 1997-04-29; criteria for language selection could favor Ada.
(1997-06-16)
May 1997
Book review of Henry Petroski's
Invention by Design:
How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
-- if we value the engineering part of software engineering, we should pay
serious attention to the nature of engineering and design.
(1997-05-29)
More books offered in the Ada Home Bookshop
-- find and buy the best Ada and software engineering books in our Summer 1997 catalogue.
(1997-05-29)
Ada Kills Hairy Bugs
-- why Ada is better than other programming languages if your goal is to eradicate bugs.
(1997-05-29)
Weight of 1997-04-29 Paige Memo
-- Ada requirement eliminated in favor of language selections
made in context of system/software engineering analyses.
(1997-05-21)
April 1997
Use of the Ada Programming Language
-- official memo of Assistant Secretary of Defense Paige.
(1997-04-29)
Exclusive:
Q&A about the end of the mandate,
with AJPO director Hamilton
-- contemplated policy changes do not constitute abandonment of Ada.
(1997-04-22)
Two new Ada books at the Ada Home Bookshop
-- object-oriented data structures and algorithms (general Ada)
and the Ada 95 Lovelace tutorial (introduction to programming with Ada).
(1997-04-21)
Ada 95 Lovelace tutorial updated
-- learn Ada 95 with version 5.7 of this excellent online tutorial.
Now also available in book format; can be ordered on-line, see above.
(1997-04-21)
More books reviewed in the Ada Home Bookshop
-- find and buy the best Ada and software engineering books in our Spring 1997 catalogue.
(1997-04-03)
Mandate Revised
-- "Ada dumped, Your fault".
(1997-04-01)
Programming Language Decency Act
-- US Senate passes new bill.
(1997-04-01)
March 1997
Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. the Steelman (large)
-- a comparative evaluation of four major programming languages with reference to the Steelman requirements that led to the creation of Ada.
(1997-03-11)
Robert Dewar's comments
on Mr Paige's decision
-- the mandate is not necessary.
(1997-03-11)
END OF THE MANDATE !
-- "Ada will compete better without the mandate"
says Mr Paige.
(1997-03-10)
A Comparison of Ada and C++ features
-- an itemized list of differences between two major object-oriented programming languages.
(1997-03-04)
The Ada Home is three years old
-- two million pages viewed in three years!
More than 8,000 readers each month.
(1997-03-03)
January 1997
The Ada Job Center
-- advertise and find Ada job opportunities online.
(1997-01-29)
Our unique Index of Consultants
-- advertise and find Ada-related professional consultancy services.
(1997-01-28)
Opening a New Floor: The Ada Home Marketplace
-- efficiently reach the Ada market, through the Ada Home.
(1997-01-22)
Our Banner Ad Program
-- powerful advertising opportunities at the Ada Home.
(1997-01-22)
1996
The Ada Home Book Shop
-- shop online to find and buy the best Ada and software engineering books.
(1996-11-02)
About the Ada Home
-- an independent publication designed to be
the best Web-based information source for Ada and Ada-related issues.
(1996-11-02)
Lovelace tutorial updated to version 5.6
-- learn Ada 95 with this excellent online tutorial.
(1996-10-20)
A new home for the Ada Home
-- easy to remember, easy to find, easy to use; always growing and improving:
http://www.adahome.com/
(1996-09-26)
Please update your bookmarks and links.
The Rogues Gallery inaugurated
-- a who's who of the Ada world (please send nominations and pictures!)
(1996-08-20)
Steelman finally available online
-- the original, June 1978 requirements document for Ada; several electronic formats.
Stoneman is now also online.
(1996-07-29/08-12)
Lovelace tutorial updated to version 5.5
-- learn Ada 95 with this excellent online tutorial.
(1996-07-23)
Ada Resource Association
Begins Program to Standardize How Ada is Used and Implemented with External Services
-- the coordination with vendors is designed to make Ada the most portable language.
(1996-07-16)
Ada 95 bindings to OS/2 and Win32 now available
-- Mac OS bindings also in preparation.
(1996-07-09)
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