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ADA (R) - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1983)
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ADA (R) - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1983)
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If Charles Babbage is to be regarded as the father of modern day
computer technology, then surely the Countess Augusta Ada Lovelace,
after whom this new language is named, must be remembered as its
midwife. It was she, the daughter of England's poet Lord Byron, who
translated the work of the Italian mathematician L.F. Menabrea,
attaching her own scientific commentaries on the dissimilarities
between the difference engine and the analytical engine. It was
Lady Lovelace, the great lady of computers, who delivered the notes
and loosely organized writings of Babbage, with her own invaluable
amendments, to a world not quite ready to receive them. The Ada
language effort has employed hundreds, if not thousands, of minds
and a healthy sum of money since its conception. Ada was fostered
by the High Order Language Working Group (HOLWG), chartered by the
U.S. Department of Defense in January of 1975 with the overall
objective of developing a systematic approach to improved use of
software by the military. One would think the Pentagon an unlikely
foster parent for a new computer language. Regardless of its
lineage, the question that begs asking is, of course - Why? The
answer is by no means a simple one, but some brief background may
help to clarify the matter. At present, the Department of Defense
is the largest software consumer on earth, employing roughly 400
different computer languages and dialects. The situation, some have
commented, is at best untidy.
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