[GAP] Use of Ada 2005

[David Bover]

We use Ada 95 for the first 3 courses in our programming sequence, taking students from introductory programming, through data structures.  After that, our students may progress through upper-division courses that use C, C++, C#, Java, Scheme, Python - you name it!
 
I expect we will move to Ada 2005 at some stage but, given our use of Ada, there is no urgency.  From my quick perusal of the documentation, I guess we will make use of the Java-style interface, but don't see any radical changes to the way we use Ada.  The timing of our change will, of course, be dependent on availability of reliable support software.
 
Dr David C.C. Bover 
Chair, Computer Science Department 
Western Washington University 
516 High Street 
Bellingham, WA 98225-9165 
David.Bover at wwu.edu 
(360) 650 3805 


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From: gap-bounces at gnat.info [mailto:gap-bounces at gnat.info] On Behalf Of Martin Stift
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:56 AM
To: GNAT Academic Program discussion list
Subject: Re: [GAP] Use of Ada 2005


Jamie Ayre wrote:


	Hi All, 
	
	I had a discussion with an AdaCore partner recently who asked if  there had been a big take-up of Ada 2005 in the academic community. 
	
	I would be very interested to learn if you have already introduced  Ada 2005 into your curricula and if you have, in what context? If  not, do you intend to? 
	
	Thanks for any info you can supply. 
	
	Regards, 
	
	Jamie 
	
	

I am continuing to use Ada95 in my courses on modelling of stellar atmospheres, spectral synthesis and polarisation and I have not yet found anything really important or useful for high performance object oriented scientific computing in the new features introduced by Ada2005.

Univ.Prof. Dr. Martin Stift
Institut für Astronomie
Universität Wien
Türkenschanzstr. 17
A-1180 Wien, Austria

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