Programming in ADA (Addison-Wesley Module in Anthropology, No. 43)

Ada was originally developed in the early 1980s by The language was revised and enhanced in an upward compatible fashion in the early 1990s The .The most recent version of the language standard is Ada 2012. it features: extensive compile-time and run-time checks, full Object Oriented Programming support, concurrent programming features, generic templates, encapsulation, Hierarchical program composition / programming-in-the-large Ada also offers specialized support for systems programming and real-time systems. And the most recent version of the language includes contract-based programming (pre- and postconditions), which in effect makes functional requirements part of the source code where they can be verified by dynamic checks or static analysis. It is widely used in government and industry. The name "Ada" is not an acronym; it was chosen in honor of Augusta Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), a mathematician who is sometimes regarded as the world's first programmer because of her work with Charles Babbage. She was also the daughter of the poet Lord Byron.