wheeler@IDA.ORG (David Wheeler) (05/08/91)
I'm trying to help a large project adopt or adapt a good Ada style
guide. I'm currently comparing some existing style guides but I'd like
some feedback from the Ada-community-at-large.
One style guide that has been recommended a number of times is the
Software Productivity Consortium's book ``Ada Quality and Style:
Guidelines for Professional Programmers''. According to the March 1991
Ada-IC newsletter the AJPO is even ``investigating the possibility of
purchasing the data rights to the SPC guide.. the guide could then be
issued as a military handbook.''
I have the following questions:
1. Who has adopted the SPC style guide?
2. What experiences have you/they had with the SPC guide? Is it useful?
Do you/they like it?
3. Are there other style guides I should look at? I already know about
the old AJPO style guide (from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) and
the STGT style guide. If so, can you answer questions 1 & 2 for
that guide?
4. Is there anything else I should know about Ada style guides?
--- David A. Wheeler
wheeler@ida.org