English
University of Minnesota Libraries.
Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]
Barryte, Steven E.
Ada programming language materials
1981-1990
3 boxes (0.8
cubic feet)
A collection of corporate, government, and
user group documents regarding the development, implementation, and use of the
Ada programming language.
CBI 157
Administrative Information
Access to materials:
Access to this collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in
the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as
published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair
use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation:
Ada Programming Language Materials (CBI 157), Charles Babbage
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Acquisition:
The records were given to Stanford University Libraries, History of
Science and Technology Collections, by Steven E. Barryte, and subsequently
transferred to the Charles Babbage Institute.
Arrangement of Collection
The materials in this collection are arranged into the following
groups:
- Corporate Publications, 1985-1989
- Government Publications, 1981-1990
- Press Clippings-Citations, 1986-1989
- Special Interest/User Groups, Professional Consortia,
1988-1989
- University of Vermont Course Materials, 1985
Within each series, items are arranged alphabetically by office of
origin or publication title.
Historical Note
Ada is a high-level programming language developed in the period
between 1975-1980 to supercede the hundreds of critical systems languages used
by the U.S. Department of Defense. The language was standardized in 1983, and
revised in 1995.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of corporate product literature describing
software products designed for the Ada language; U.S. government publications,
including Ada 9X project reports, technical reports, working papers,
newsletters; and user group information produced by or for the U.S. government
concerning implementing and working with the Ada language.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
SIGAda
Ada (Computer program
language)
Box and Folder List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Corporate Publications,
1985-1989
1
1
AdaData
1
1
Alsys, Inc.
1
1
BiiN
1
1
Concurrent Computer Corporation
1
1
DDC-I, Inc.
1
3
Digital Equipment Corporation; see SD-Scicon
1
2
Grebyn Corporation
1
2
Harris Corporation
1
2
Hughes Aircraft Company
1
2
ICONIX
1
2
Industrial Programming, Inc.
1
2
Intel Corporation
1
2
InterACT Corporation
1
2
McDonnell Douglas
1
2
National Semiconductor Corporation
1
2
Proprietary Software Systems
1
2
Raytheon
1
2
Ready Systems
1
3
Scientific Placement, Inc.
1
3
SD-Scicon [formerly Systems Designers Software,
Inc.]
1
3
Tandem Computers
1
3
Tartan Laboratories
1
3
Tektronik, Inc.
1
3
Telesoft
1
3
Xinotech
Government Publications,
1981-1990
Ada 9X Project Reports,
1989-1990.
1
4
Ada 9X Project Plan,
January 1989.
1
5
Character Set Issues for Ada 9X,
October 1989.
1
6
A Study of Implementation-Dependent Programs and
Attributes in Ada,
November 1989.
1
7
Shared Variables and Ada 9X Issues,
January 1990.
1
8
The Fixed Point Facility in Ada,
February 1990.
1
9-10
Ada Information Clearinghouse Newsletter,
1986-1990.
2
1-2
Ada-JOVIAL Newsletter,
1986-1990.
2
3-5
Ada-JOVIAL Users Group Meetings,
1985-1988.
2
6-7
Government Publications,
1981-1989.
Press Clippings/Citations,
1986-1989
3
1
Press Clippings/Citations
Special Interest/User Groups, Professional Consortia,
1986-1989
3
2-3
Association for Computing Machinery SIGAda,
1986-1989.
3
4
Ada Expo convention brochure,
1988.
3
4
Ada Language Issues Working Group Meeting Minutes,
December 1987.
3
4
Numerical Algorithms Group Ada Library,
1988-1989.
3
4
Rational Users' Group Newsletter,
February 1988-January 1989.
University of Vermont Course Materials,
1985
3
5
University of Vermont Course Materials