Ada Magica

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From 1997 to 2007, Ada Magica was my column in Softwaretechnik-Trends, the periodical of Ada Germany, the special interest group 2.1.5 Ada of the German Informatics Society (GI). It was dedicated to Ada's not so well-known sides. Since this is a German group, articles appeared in German.

This is a list of articles that appeared in the Softwaretechnik-Trends (SWTT), which I translated into English.

• May out-parameters be read? (Ada83) - SWTT 17.1 (February 1997)

This is essentially an Ada83 specific problem, but since the old standard is still heavily in use and also some basic coding styles are discussed (that are valuable for Ada95 as well), I deem this problem worth publishing.

• An Invitation to Lady Ada's - SWTT 17.2 (May 1997)

A case of unexpected ambiguity

• Revenge (for Lady Ada's invitation) - SWTT 18.1 (February 1998)

Representation clauses und two's complement

• Secretiveness - SWTT 20.1 (February 2000)

Too much hidden?

• Lady Ada's 20th birthday

Ode to Lady Ada on her 20^th/185^th anniversary, first published in SWTT 18.4 (November 1998) in German on account of her 18^th anniversary.

The date of first standardization and the standard's number are no coincidence.

10 Dec 1815	* Augusta Ada Byron; married Mrs. King, Countess of Lovelace.    She often signed her letters Augusta Ada Lovelace or AAL.    Parents: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron    Husband: William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace (21st Februar 1805 – 29th Dezember 1893),                     up to 1833 Hon. William King, from 1833 to 1838 Lord King    Children: Byron King-Noel, 12th Baron Wentworth, Viscount Ockham (12th Mai 1836 – 1st September 1862);                    Anne Isabella Noel Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, born King-Noel                    (22nd September 1837 – 15th Dezember 1917), better known as Lady Anne Blunt;                    Ralph Gordon King Noel Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace (2nd Juli 1839 - 28th August 1906)    To mark her 200th birthday, a short vita and a wonderful appraisal    of her accomplishments has been published in AUJ 36.1, March 2015.
27 Nov 1852	in London
10 Dec 1980	MIL-STD-1815    selected from:    Green – CII Honeywell Bull led by Jean Ichbiah    Red – Intermetrics led by Benjamin M. Brosgol    Blue – SofTech led by John Goodenough    Yellow – SRI International led by Jay Spitzen
17 Feb 1983	ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A - known as Ada 83
17 Mar 1987	ISO 8652:1987 - ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A unchanged
15 Feb 1995	ISO/IEC 8652:1995 - known as Ada 95
28 Jun 2001	ISO/IEC 8652:1995/Cor 1:2001 - first technical corrigendum of Ada 95, published by ISO
26 Jan 2007	Jean Ichbiah, the spiritus rector of Ada, passed away
9 Mar 2007	ISO/IEC 8652:1995/Amd 1:2007 - first amendment, known as Ada 2005 published by ISO
10 Dec 2012	ISO/IEC 8652:2012 - third edition 1, known as Ada 2012, published by ISO
23 Feb 2016	ISO/IEC 8652:2012/Cor 1:2016 - first technical corrigendum of Ada 2012, published by ISO
May 2023	ISO/IEC 8652:2023 - fourth edition known as Ada 2022, published by ISO    https://www.iso.org/standard/83621.html

¹ This is the third edition counted from Ada 95, the first ISO standard.

• With Ada through Thick And Thin - SWTT 24.4 (November 2004)

Thick and thin pointers

• Dead Live Longer - SWTT 23.4 (November 2003) - Ada Letters Vol XXV Number 3 (September 2005)

Equality for all? Reemergence of overridden equality

• Prokrustes - SWTT 27.3 (August 2007)

Pitfalls with Unchecked_Conversion

Also see my Ada Courses.