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Epsilon 3 43 (5/12/2008 2:56:08 PM) comp.lang.ada I am looking for some short, practical examples of the Epsilon attribute. If you do have some source code examples to post, please also send them to my academic email: rdriehle@nps.edu Richard Riehle Naval P... adaworks

AdaHome - A Persistent Problem 8 21 (4/1/2008 3:35:41 PM) comp.lang.ada The recent article by Mr. Bill in the Circuit Cellar included a reference to www.AdaHome.com. This is an effectively dead site and it seems that no one is able to get rid of it. Consequently, people are misle... adaworks

Separate Compilation in Programming Languages 71 214 (2/22/2008 5:35:33 PM) comp.lang.ada Recently, I have been engaged in some conversations with colleagues about the value of separate compilation. This is one of my favorite features in Ada. In fact, as nearly as I can tell, none of the othe... adaworks

An Ada Advice Inquiry 90 35 (5/4/2007 3:01:08 AM) comp.lang.ada I recently received an inquiry from a colleague I have not seen in many years. He is currently in a position where he is asked to advise a client about whether to choose Ada or C++ for a project. He is not ... adaworks

Choosing Python 3 22 (3/19/2007 2:21:35 AM) comp.lang.python The choice is made. The school where I teach has finally made its decision to teach Python first. For several years, we have been teaching Java first, and before that, C++. I introduced Python in one of m... adaworks

Ruby IDE #2 26 35 (12/17/2006 4:02:47 PM) comp.lang.ruby I am new to Ruby, but I have used a lot of other programming languages including Python, Ada, C++, Java, etc. I downloaded Ruby to my Windows machine and installed it by executing the self-install file (a .exe... adaworks

PL/I and OOP 225 28 (9/2/2006 11:22:59 PM) comp.lang.pl1 I am about to teach my class in comparative programming languages again next Quarter. I have reviewed the FAQ site and spent more time than is probably appropriate examining PL/I to see if it still qualifies a... adaworks

Natural Forces, Engineering, and Software 46 23 (7/27/2006 4:03:38 PM) comp.software-eng Over the past year I have been in occasional discussions with colleagues in other engineering disciplines, those that rely on the so-called "natural forces" concept. A large number of traditional engineers r... adaworks

Crosstalk Article from Aonix 12 36 (2/10/2006 8:28:40 AM) comp.lang.ada In a recent article about safety-critical software, the author, an employee of Aonix, manages to avoid even one mention of Ada. He seems to be unaware that, in the safety-critical domain, Ada is still a much ... adaworks

Evolution of PL/I 173 36 (12/3/2005 7:26:43 PM) comp.lang.pl1 Robin recently suggested that my early experience with PL/I was out-of-date. Since my PL/I programming was over twenty years ago, I freely admit that this is probably the case. So, my question is not intende... adaworks

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The future of Ada is at risk 125 57 (12/29/2007 3:06:39 AM) comp.lang.ada I have been doing a lot of research about the usage of Ada, both in industry and in the Open Source community. I am possible writing a paper on the issue and needs some constructive criticism. I have reached ... coolzone (14)

Why is Object Oriented so successfull 190 37 (1/11/2008 12:07:51 PM) comp.object Recently I attended a seminar on Agile process which actually exposed the huge inefficiencies we where following in the waterfall method.It was a sudden awakening into something that you had an inking off long ... alexcpn (6)

Separate Compilation in Programming Languages 71 214 (2/22/2008 5:35:33 PM) comp.lang.ada Recently, I have been engaged in some conversations with colleagues about the value of separate compilation. This is one of my favorite features in Ada. In fact, as nearly as I can tell, none of the othe... adaworks2 (753)

Non-busy waiting for threads? 23 101 (2/23/2008 12:37:13 AM) comp.programming Hi. I was wondering how to do this. I've got a program that has several "work" threads that sit around and wait for requests to do computations. They each have their own queue that contains a list of the jobs ... mike3

Decline? 42 38 (3/12/2008 1:44:48 PM) comp.lang.ada Today I stumbled on this fairly old (2003) paper on the merits (or lack of!) of Ada. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/pub/documents/03.reports/pdf/03tn021.pdf As I'm a complete beginner in Ada, I have no way of knowin... thomas7845 (30)

Who's using Ada in industry? 11 44 (3/20/2008 11:08:04 PM) comp.lang.ada Hello everyone, After several years of inactivity with the Ada project list, I've started to maintain it actively again. I've put a revised version online at http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summ... mfeldman (11)

Article: Ada For Robotics 2 35 (3/21/2008 12:48:06 PM) comp.lang.ada Hi, I'm a one-time embedded systems developer who has been stuck in the bug-infested world of IT for some time. I have been wanting to get back into embedded systems but haven't seen anything interesting en... nospam21 (11322)

Untyped Ada? 107 51 (3/31/2008 10:44:43 PM) comp.lang.ada It's a slow Monday, so it's time to ask non-pertinent, and possibly impertinent, question: If a non-typed or weakly typed version of Ada were available, would you use it? A) Never! My code is perfect, and ... phaedrusalt (44)

Ada vs Ruby 91 47 (4/15/2008 11:26:25 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, On http://www.gcn.com/print/27_8/46116-1.html Ada is touted briefly. The sentence(s) that most jumped into my eye (and hurt my brain a bit) was this: "[...] Ada has a feature called strong typing. This m... shevegen (524)

Epsilon 3 43 (5/12/2008 2:56:08 PM) comp.lang.ada I am looking for some short, practical examples of the Epsilon attribute. If you do have some source code examples to post, please also send them to my academic email: rdriehle@nps.edu Richard Riehle Naval P... adaworks2 (753)