rh@linus.UUCP (Rich Hilliard) (07/05/89)
Call for Position Papers
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Informal Workshop on Ada Support for Object-Oriented Programming
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September 11-13, 1989
Hosted by The MITRE Corporation
Program Committee: Christine Braun, CONTEL Technology Center
Richard F. Hilliard II, The MITRE Corporation
Steven D. Litvintchouk, The MITRE Corporation
Robert F. Mathis, CONTEL Technology Center
The process is now under way to define requirements for Ada 9X, the
projected revision to the Ada language standard. This workshop will
focus specifically on whether, and to what extent, Ada 9X should offer
improved support for object-oriented programming and related
development methodologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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1. Object-oriented development paradigms, programming styles, and
related life cycle issues:
* Abstract and concrete classes
* Inheritance
* Delegation
* Polymorphism and dynamic binding
* Object-oriented concurrency
* Persistent objects
* Analysis, design, verification and validation
* Support tools and environments
2. Support for object-oriented programming to be provided by Ada 9X
language features:
* Types and subtypes
* Packages
* Bodies and subunits
* Tasking
* Generics
* Program library
* New Ada 9X language features not currently in Ada
* Related compilation and runtime issues
The workshop will consist of 3 days of analysis of position papers,
and followup discussions. The workshop will be held at:
The Ramada Inn
15 Middlesex Canal Park Road
Woburn, MA 01801
617-935-8760
(Arrangements at the Ramada can be made for a special workshop rate of
$72/night which includes taxes, gratuities and full American
breakfast. When making reservations, mention that this is a MITRE
hosted function.)
The workshop will be limited to 25 participants. Prospective
participants should submit a position paper of no more than 3000 words
to:
Richard F. Hilliard II
The MITRE Corporation
Mail Stop A156
Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730
rh@mbunix.mitre.org
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If possible, actual programming examples should be included as part of
the position paper. Electronic mail submission of position papers is
preferred. Because of limited accommodation, it is preferred that
only the principal author of a selected position paper attend the
workshop. For co-authored papers the principal author should
therefore be designated. A collection of selected position papers
will be prepared. The results of the workshop will be reported at a
future SIGAda meeting. Participants are encouraged to publish
expanded versions of their position papers elsewhere.
There will be a workshop fee of $150 per participant, to cover expenses.
Important Dates: July 21, 1989: Position papers due.
August 15, 1989: Notification of acceptance
and distribution of position
papers.
September 11-13, 1989: Workshop