ADA Programming Language

The Ada programming language was created by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) nearly two decades ago to provide a general-purpose programming language for defense and commercial use, but has evolved into a niche solution for safety-critical systems, primarily in defense applications.

This book describes the rationale for Ada 95, the revised International Standard. The first part is an Introduction to Ada 95; it presents a general discussion of the scope and objectives of Ada 95 and its major technical features. The second part contains a more detailed chapter by chapter account of the Core language. The third part covers the various Annexes which address the predefined environment and the needs of specialized application areas.

This Ada 95 Reference Manual is essentially identical to the new International Standard ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E) for the Ada programming language. The thorough technical revisions and extensions documented in this manual are built on broad participation from the international Ada community and generous support by leading institutions. Over 750 submitted revision requests were evaluated, and the resulting enhancements make Ada 95 an outstanding language. The flexibility of languages such as C++, modern features such as object orientation, and improved interfacing capabilities have been added to the reliable software engineering capabilities provided and proven for over a decade by the predecessor version Ada 83; furthermore, upward compatibility from Ada 83 to Ada 95 has been achieved.

This book introduces ADAD programming in Linux using GNAT, the GNU Ada compiler.

Lovelace provides an introduction to Ada 95, one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. Although the reader is assumed to have a basic understanding of programming, no prior exposure to Ada is assumed and all the basics of the language are covered.

This free book is a tutorial teaching the Ada programming language. Ada puts unique emphasis on, and provides strong support for, good software engineering practices that scale well to very large software systems (millions of lines of code, and very large development teams).

This book is aimed at experienced programmers who want to learn Ada at the programming level. It is not a 'for dummies' book, nor is it intended as a program design book. Instead, we highlight some key features of the Ada language, with coded examples, that are essential for getting started as an Ada programmer.

This book is a beginner's introduction to Ada 95. It uses an example-driven approach which gradually develops small trivial programs into large case-study type programs.

Ada is a programming language of special value in the development of large programs which must work reliably. This document introduces Ada 95, the revised International Standard which increases the flexibility of Ada thus making it applicable to wider domains but retains the inherent reliability for which Ada is noted.

Written from a user's point of view, this text explores many selected advanced features and constructs of ADA and explains how to use them for the best results. It provides examples of how to write clear, correct, maintenance code and gives the reader re-usable components that can be used without modification in their own programs.

This free textbook is intended for experienced programmers (advanced students and practicing software engineers) who need to master software design and programming in Ada.

This tutorial will focus on Ada 2012 as a whole, rather than teaching different versions of the language.