Year: 1980
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Ada is a modern high order programming language that has been developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for use in embedded computer applications. Such applications are typically large, volatile and long-lived. Facilities for such features as real-time and parallel processing, fail-soft execution, exception handling and the control of a wide variety of peripheral devices have been included in the language design. These features broaden the possible applications of Ada to such areas as process control, systems programming, scientific calculation, and commercial data processing. It is anticipated that Ada will be quickly adopted by DoD contractors and that it may also become the most popular computer language in general use because of its unique features and capabilities.
Author: Richard T. Close
Institution: United States Coast Guard Academy
Language: English
Subfield: Software
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2005414401