The Department of Defense (DoD) has stated that Ada shall become the single, common computer programming language for defense mission-critical applications beginning in 1984. The proposal to make Ada a NATO standard High Order Language (HOL) as well, prompted the Guidance and Control Panel of AGARD to provide a Lecture Series embracing the basic structure, theories and principles embodied in this HOL. The need to reduce, or at least contain, escalating software life-cycle costs is the main reasons for the existence of Ada. The costs of developing software for the DoD are expected to have a ten-fold growth from an estimated Dollar 2.8 billion in 1980 to as much as Dollar 30 billion in 1990, as shown in Figure 1. Accordingly, the U.S. Government is sponsoring several initiatives directed toward the development of improved software. These include a program called Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems, another called the Joint Service Software Engineering Environment, the newly established Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Strategic Computing Program. Organizations outside the U.S. have also embarked on programs for improved software productivity. These include the European Esprit Consortium, and Great Britain's Alvey Programme. A key element in many of these initiatives is Ada.
Introduction to the application of ADA to guidance and control
Erklaerungen zu der Anwendung von ADA fuer Steuerungs- und Leitsysteme
1986
3 Seiten, 2 Bilder
Conference paper
English
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