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Article: ADA (programming language) ( includes related articles on compilers, how to get ADA aid, and synchronizing tasks through rendezvous.)
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- EDN
- Article date:
- August 17, 1989
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The growing use of 3 2-bit [micro]Ps, with the 4G-byte address spaces, allows engineers to create embedded systems incorporating truly gargantuan programs. Popular programming languages are hard presser to support programs forged with megalines of code, but Ada meets that challenge.
Steven H Leibson, Regional Editor
"Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply," stated the ED-209 law-enforcement droid.
The intimidated junior executive dropped his chrome-plated pistollike a hot potato. This boardroom demonstration had gone far enough. Unfortunately, the junior exec's conciliatory action went unnoticed by the ED-209.
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