The case for Ada at the USAF academy

Authors:
Ricky E. Sward;Martin C. Carlisle;Barry S. Fagin;David S. Gibson
Affiliations:
USAF Academy, CO;USAF Academy, CO;USAF Academy, CO;USAF Academy, CO
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2003 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada: the engineering of correct and reliable software for real-time & distributed systems using ada and related technologies
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper describes our experience with selecting Ada as the primary programming language for Computer Science and Computer Engineering majors at the USAF Academy. We have decided to teach Ada in the first three courses of these majors for the next few years. Our criteria for selecting Ada are based on features of the language (such as strong typing, lack of single-character errors, and case insensitivity), features of the compiler, (such as error messages and warnings), and features of the overall development experience (such as development environments, availability of textbooks, GUI development support, and industry acceptance). We compared Ada with Java, C++, and C#.