Bücher der Reihe Springer Books on Professional Computing

Ada (R) in Practice started lifeas a case studies report, the result of work per formed under government contract at SofTech, Inc. In addition, we hope that this book as a whole will highlight the advan tages of using Ada at all stages of a program's life cycle, from problem analysis through testing and maintenance.

Often in different words, usually at the morning break in the seminar, and almost always with an effort not to offend or embarrass, I was asked, "What the devil is a psychologist doing conducting seminars about computer systems?"

Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features.

A small program is presented to motivate the concerns for programmer productivity and program quality that are the central issues of this set of essays. In order to achieve program quality, where a program is understood and known to be correct, we need a primary program description.

Well suited to medium-scale general purpose computing, the Unix time sharing operating system is deservedly popular with academic institutions, research laboratories, and commercial establishments alike.