- Overview
Slide presentations and flyers on the benefits, technical considerations, and features of
the Ada programming language.
- Why Use Ada?
Consider some of the reasons companies cite for switching
to Ada: Some organizations are looking to improve the reliability of their
software because system errors could have fatal consequences to life or the
financial health of their business. So, they choose Ada for its unique and
powerful safeguards. Other companies choose Ada for its ability to reduce
software development and maintenance costs.
- Choose Ada
For companies throughout the world, Ada is the programming language of choice
for all the right reasons. These companies know that Ada is their most
effective language for building fast, reliable, and adaptable systems, on time.
- Ada vs. C/C++
Cost and feature comparisons between Ada and C/C++.
- Ada Helps Build Safe Systems
Many systems have critical safety requirements, such as those used in airplanes, medical systems, communications systems, and
many more. Ada is a language of choice for programming such systems, because of its emphasis on correctness and the detection of
errors. This section gathers a number of articles on the use of Ada in high-integrity, safety-critical systems. They're
worth reading even if your applications are not potentially dangerous, since many systems have correctness and uptime
requirements.
- Enhance Security With Ada
- History
The history and development of Ada, including past DoD policy information.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Commonly asked questions and answers regarding the use of Ada.
Technical Articles on Ada
- Multiple Inheritance in Ada 95
This article, from the lead designer of Ada 95, explains why Ada 95 doesn't
need a multiple inheritance feature.
- Shared Resource Design Patterns
This article describes a variety of ways to control access to shared resources in
multitasking programs.
- Safe Pointers
The author describes a technique for avoiding problems with access values caused
by erroneous use of Unchecked_Deallocation.
- Compatibility Between Ada 83 and Ada 95
This article discusses the compatibility issues when moving from Ada 83 to Ada 95.
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