Introducing Ada 95 The Language for a Complex World

Abstract

This document contains four chapters. Chapter 1 gives the background to the development process including the capture of the requirements from the existing and future user community. Chapter 2 introduces the highlights of the language, Chapter 3 gives an overview of the whole language showing how the new facilities fit into the overall framework. Finally, Chapter 4 addresses the issue of upward compatibility with Ada 83 and shows that for normal programs the goal of compatibility has been achieved. This document will be of special value to program managers, team leaders and all software professionals with concern for the organized development of software.