Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Oh Ada Wherefore Art Thou?

Remember Ada?

Not the Lady Ada Lovelace but close.

Ada the programming language commissioned by the US Department of Defense.

It never went away, just lurking about unnoticed...

Apparently, Lockheed Martin used it for a contract with the FAA and the project early and under budget.

A bit of the credit is apportioned to Ada.

If true, that is remarkable.

Paging Bill Gates (or Steve Ballmer).

Paging Steve Jobs also.