Ada for Not Yet Techies 2

"Computer Careers: The First Internationally Standardized Object Oriented Language for High Tech Jobs"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

Ada was originally designed for: reliability, portability, modularity, reusability, maintainability, programming as a human activity, and efficiency

Ada being designed for human beings for the government does seem a strange idea. I’m not sure what "programming as a human activity" means. I never thought of the Pentagon circa 1976 (or now) as being overly concerned with the feelings of its programmers. Maybe Ada proves me wrong.

It has been updated since the 70s. One major revision occurred the 1983. The next one in 1995.

In 95 Ada was enhanced in four major areas of enhancement: support for object-oriented programming, data-oriented synchronization, programming-in-the-large, and real time systems

Even though it was developed for the US Department of Defense and that’s where it is still mainly used, it is an international language and is taught and used around the world. And in a wide variety of industries, according to some sources.

Some people say that it is a mediocre language, others that it is good at maintenance and follows sound software engineering principles. It is the only object-oriented language that’s been internationally standardized. It is defined by the language reference manual (LRM).

One study says that it is more cost effective than C

See "Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada", written by Stephen F. Zeigler, Ph.D., of Rational Software Corporation.

Unless you want to become involved with software engineering/development theories and issues, it is of interest only to aspiring programmers who want to work for government defense contractors. This is a niche market. Which means that there is a market, but it is relatively small because few organizations outside the Department of Defense and its "Mandate" use it.

However, because the market is so limited, few aspiring programmers learn it – which means that if you do so, you have good prospects of getting into this computer career.

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