knoll@coopn1.csc.ti.com (Ed Knoll @(719)593-5182) (03/29/91)
I have recently seen a pitch/demo for a soon to be general release of an APSE product from Veridx (VADS APSE). I haven't been paying too much attention to APSE's in general because I didn't believe anyone was working much beyond the basic compiler. However, it may be time to start taking a more serious look. I would be interested in any information that anyone may have regarding commercial APSE products that are (or soon to be) available. I'd prefer user opinions, but I'd settle for sales pitches. Regards, Ed Knoll Texas Instruments knoll@coopn1.csc.ti.com
jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) (04/02/91)
>I haven't been paying too much >attention to APSE's in general because I didn't believe anyone was working >much beyond the basic compiler. We offer an integrated development environment for Ada that includes interactive syntactic and semantic assistance within the editor, a high-level object-oriented library management system, a CM system fully-integrated with the compilation and library systems, full symbolic debugger, host/target integration tools ranging from cross-compilers to remote compiler integration, code analysis tools, various programmatic tools for accessing environment information, front-end integration with TeamWORK and Interleaf, interactive hyper-text traceability among requirements, code, PDL, and documents, etc etc etc. Much of this has been available for at least five years. For anyone interested, send me a snail-mail address and I'll send you some literature. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software engineering, in which case I've borrowed them from incredibly smart people.
munck@STARS.RESTON.UNISYS.COM (Bob Munck) (04/04/91)
In his message of 01 Apr 91 21:19:50 +0000. <jls.670540790@rutabaga>, igor!rutabaga!jls@uunet.uu.net (Jim Showalter) says: > We offer an integrated development environment for Ada that includes > interactive syntactic and semantic assistance within the editor, a > high-level object-oriented library management system, a CM system > fully-integrated with the compilation and library systems, full symbolic > debugger, host/target integration tools ranging from cross-compilers > to remote compiler integration, code analysis tools, various programmatic > tools for accessing environment information, front-end integration with > TeamWORK and Interleaf, interactive hyper-text traceability among > requirements, code, PDL, and documents, etc etc etc. The DARPA STARS program is working toward a full SEE, covering all of the activities of a project and the full life-cycle of its products. We hope to have compatible commercial products -- built to support the same set of recognized standards -- from each of three relatively well-known vendors (IBM, DEC, Unisys). All of the modern buzzwords such as "open architecture" and "domain-specific reuse process model" apply. However, don't hold your breath. The one buzz-phrase we don't yet use in STARS is "real soon now." Bob Munck -- speaking for himself
jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) (04/05/91)
>The DARPA STARS program is working toward a full SEE, covering all of the >activities of a project and the full life-cycle of its products. We hope >to have compatible commercial products -- built to support the same set of >recognized standards -- from each of three relatively well-known vendors >(IBM, DEC, Unisys). All of the modern buzzwords such as "open architecture" >and "domain-specific reuse process model" apply. >However, don't hold your breath. The one buzz-phrase we don't yet use in >STARS is "real soon now." Forgive me if I'm skeptical, but this sounds like ALS all over again. Why the government feels compelled to try to solve problems that a number of companies already offer full or partial solutions to is a mystery to me. -- * The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software * * engineering, in which case I borrowed them from incredibly smart people. * * * * Rational: cutting-edge software engineering technology and services. *