cja@umich.UUCP (Charles J. Antonelli) (05/22/86)
I just tried to obtain a copy of the "Ada Rationale" document (ACM SIGPLAN, 14(6) June 1979 Part B) and was told it is out of print. For the uninitiated, the Ada Rationale explains and justifies in some detail the design decisions that went into the 1979 version of the Ada language. I have read our library copy and it's interesting to see justifications therein for features which subsequently have been dropped from Ada. I'd like to know two things: (1) Is there a (hopefully machine-readable) version of this document lying about on some archive machine somewhere? (2) Does there exist an analogous document for the 1983 (current) version of Ada? Replies to me, I will summarize to the net. Thanks in advance, Charles J. Antonelli Phone: (313) 763-1563 The University of Michigan Csnet: cja@eecs.UMICH 1508 East Engineering Usenet: cja@umich.UUCP Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ihnp4!umich!cja
hogan@AEROSPACE.ARPA (05/28/86)
Ichbiah wrote a draft update of the rationale based on the ANSI 1983 version of Ada. This draft is dated January 1984. Last I checked, the Ada InformationClearing House at the Ada Joint Program Office was selling copies. Does anyone else on the net know the status of this draft. Has Ichbiah finishedit ? I personally would like to encourage Jean to finish the draft and publish as a book. mike hogan