Ada backers hope the newly approved Ada 2005 version of the venerable programming language will help extend its appeal for real-time embedded applications beyond its current military/ aerospace niche.

The Ada programming language has been around for years, but its use has typically been restricted to military and space applications. Bill takes a look at AdaCore’s support of the new Ada 2005 ...

Ada is a programming language with a long history designed to support high quality software development especially for safety and secure applications such as avionics. SPARK is a version of Ada that ...

From 1832, when she was 17, Ada’s remarkable mathematical abilities began to emerge, and her interest in mathematics dominated her life even after her marriage in 1835 to William King, 8th Baron King, ...

Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed. Lovelace has been hailed as a model for girls ...

Whether it’s an app, a software feature, or an interface element, programmers possess the magical ability to create something new out of virtually nothing. Just give them the hardware and a coding ...

A year-old story about a programming language that fell out of favor 12 years ago takes the Web by storm. When one of the most popular stories of the week on our sister Web site, GCN.com, is about the ...

My favourite Financial Times journalists are Lucy Kellaway and Gillian Tett. And I can’t help wondering if it is coincidental that both are women… Maybe, but maybe not. Neither of their approaches are ...

Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician ...