applications can be ported. The advantage to application developers will be greater portability for their code from compiler to compiler and target to target.
ACE expects to address a wide array of technical issues; however, the initial focus will be on identifying connections to the most popular external standards. Among the first to be studied will be Microsoft Windows (Win32), the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), X-Windows/Motif, C++, and POSIX. Ø
Initial output
ACE's technical output will be documentation for application developers and compiler vendors, enabling them to move immediately into production of compatible products. The first documentation is expected on Sept. 30, 1996. Where technical issues warrant, the ARA may provide free software to implement standards and help third-party vendors write portable Ada interfaces to their products. Ø
Coordinating with vendors
The Ada Common Environment is comprised of technical representatives from each of the ARA member companies -- responsible for selling 95% of all Ada compilers and tools. The companies are: Ada Core Technologies, Inc.; DDC-I, Inc.; Intermetrics, Inc.; OC Systems; Rational Software Corp.; Thomson Software Products; and Texas Instruments/Tartan, Inc.
Invitations are being extended to companies in the worldwide Ada community who are not ARA members. For more information, contact the AdaIC at 1-800/232-4211. Ø
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