mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (07/07/90)
I would like to create an informal, public list of nongovernmental Ada
applications. Following is my first cut, which I got from published sources:
AJPO reports, vendor newsletters, Ada Today, etc. If any of you know of
any applications in this category, please post or e-mail me. I will update
and post the list periodically. This may help those of you who are asked
by colleagues what Ada is being used for outside the government. I am not
using the term "commercial," because this is a term of art in SIGAda that
does not necessarily mean nongovernmental. What I am looking for is systems
that were not government funded, meaning the developers chose Ada because
they liked it. If you wish to flame me for my terminology, I am openminded
but please do it by private e-mail. Thanks.
Some Non-Governmental Ada Applications - July 1990
sources: published reports, vendor newsletters, etc.
summarized by Michael B. Feldman,
The George Washington University
USA CRI, relational DBMS and application generator, 180,000 lines,
several large companies have used it to build applications
USA Dowell-Schlumberger, oil exploration simulation software, 20,000
lines, DEC
USA Reuters, news/financial services, transaction processing for
financial information, 15,000 statement prototype
USA General Electric, hot steel rolling mill, 200,000 lines,
multiple MicroVax-en, DEC Ada
USA Boeing, 747-400 subsystem components of cockpit displays, on-
board maintenance systems, secondary flight controls
USA Arthur Andersen, accounting/auditing/consulting, several
internal projects done in Ada
USA PC-based programmer for embedded medical products - company won't
be identified publicly, doesn't want its programmers recruited away!
USA Boneck Printing, job costing system, 120,000 lines, Janus/Ada
USA LDS Hospital, medical decision suport system, 40,000 lines, DOS,
Alsys (for NASA, but appears to be commercial-type application)
USA Genesis Software, Inc., complete bill paying system, >250,000
lines, Wang VS, Alsys
Finland Nokia Information Systems, online banking system, >100,000
lines, uses Ada as its standard programming language
Germany MAN Truck and Bus Company, payroll system (1982!)
Sweden ESAB, robotic welding stations for use in flexible manufacturing
systems, TeleSoft, Vax and 680x0
Sweden Volvo, materials handling system, TeleSoft
Sweden Color display element of hospital building control and
monitoring system - 1600 I/O channels, 200 dynamic color
displays, lots of tasking, Meridian
UK DACMAN, simulation and data monitoring system for auto engines
IBM PC, 80,000 lines of code, uses tasking, Meridian
UK Process Plant and Chemicals, chemical process control systems,
>20,000 lines, PC compatibles, Alsys