03862nam 22005175 450 99646611120331620200705094940.03-540-47241-X10.1007/3-540-18008-7(CKB)1000000000016809(SSID)ssj0000326285(PQKBManifestationID)11297463(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000326285(PQKBWorkID)10296573(PQKB)10155513(DE-He213)978-3-540-47241-4(PPN)155185292(EXLCZ)99100000000001680920121227d1987 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrA Review of Ada Tasking[electronic resource] /by Alan Burns, Andrew M. Lister, Andrew J. Wellings1st ed. 1987.Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :Imprint: Springer,1987.1 online resource (X, 146 p.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science,0302-9743 ;262Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-540-18008-7 1 Introduction -- 2 The Ada Tasking model -- 3 Formal aspects -- 4 Concurrent programming -- 5 Embedded systems -- 6 Distributed systems -- 7 Implementation issues -- 8 Language changes and extensions -- 9 Conclusion.Ada* is unquestionably one of the most significant programming languages to emerge in the last decade. The manner of its inception and support by the US Department of Defense (DoD) ensures that it will be used extensively for the indefinite future in programming large and complex systems. The growing availability of compilers means that many organisations are already committed to using the language for sizable and significant applications. As a perhaps inevitable result of its design goals, Ada is a "large" language. It has Pascal-like control and type constructs; a mechanism for exception handling; a package structure for information hiding, decomposition and separate compilation; facilities for low-level programming; and a tasking model of concurrency. It is perhaps this last area that has generated most debate, criticism and disagreement. The purpose of this book is to review the tasking model in the light of the extensive analysis and comment which has appeared in the literature. The review is necessarily wide-ranging, including discussion of - Ada as a general purpose concurrent programming language, - Ada as a language for embedded and distributed systems, - implementation issues, with particular reference to distributed systems, - formal semantics, specification and verification, - proposed language modifications. By consolidating this discussion within the confines of a single review, potential users of the tasking facility are enabled to familiarise themselves with all the factors which may impinge upon the performance, reliability and correctness of their software. The book also provides a focus for any debate on modifications to the Ada language, or developments from it.Lecture Notes in Computer Science,0302-9743 ;262Programming languages (Electronic computers)Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpretershttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I14037Programming languages (Electronic computers).Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.005.13Burns Alanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut52028Lister Andrew Mauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autWellings Andrew Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK996466111203316Review of ADA tasking878322UNISA