ALLEN_S%ASD.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU (Stanley Roger Allen, AdaDude) (12/08/87)
The book "Rationale for the Design of the Green Language" is now called (you guessed it) "Rationale for the Design of the Ada Language". The AJPO does not distribute this book directly, but it is the "source" of the document. Distribution is handled by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and a couple of other agencies. They are availible at the following address/phone#: National Technical Information Service US Dept of Commerce 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 (703) 487-4650 The Rationale will cost a certain amount (I don't know just how much) and you have to order it by its order number -- AD A073 854. The AJPO's Ada Information Clearinghouse has a lengthy list of Ada documents produced by different parts of the govt (though a lot of them were developed by companies under contract), as well as a great deal of other Ada-related information. You can get on their mailing list by writing or calling: AdaIC 3D139 (1211 S. Fern, C-107) The Pentagon Washington DC 20301-3081 (703) 685-1477
MFELDMAN@GWUVM.BITNET (Mike Feldman) (12/13/87)
I thought the writer really meant "for the GREEN language". The recent posting RE: the "final" rationale is correct, I think. The rationale for preliminary Ada appeared as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, vol. 14, no. 6, June 1979 part B. For readers interested in Ada history, this document (and part A, the original ALRM) is very interesting because of the (mostly simplifying) changes made to Ada between 1979 and standardization in 1983. I imagine that "Rationale for GREEN..." was substantially similar to the 1979 rationale, though there may have been some changes even then. Can anyone say for sure if the final rationale is finished or whether the thing NTIS is selling is the "draft" of 1984 that Ichbiah left partly undone? I have the 1984 one; I have heard rumors that the final, finished one is indeed "out there" but only available by subterfuge. Can anyone elucidate for INFO-ADA readers?