1300 MB of Ada source code, programs and documentation on 2 CDROMS!

Ada users should not be without this library! This CDROM is a copy of the Internet's Public Ada Library (PAL). With over 1.3 GB of documentation, information, source code, and ready-to-run tools and compilers, this two-disc set is a valuable resource for any serious Ada programmer. Several thousand files added or updated since the August 96 edition.

Major Update! The Ada Advocacy Package, or Making the Business Case for Ada. This is a collection of refined, tested, best-of-breed Ada advocacy materials created for the need of the Ada community.

The package includes:

• Management/business briefings
• Technical briefings
• A concise monograph (equivalent to the briefings)
• A catalog of vendors providing Ada products and services
• Ada success-stories in various domains
• FAQs about Ada, its availability, and results of its usage
• Resource lists (including education/training materials and providers) and Web pointers
• Tailoring and selection guidelines for using the package+s contents
• Technical and Management Comparison of Ada and C++
• National Research Council briefing on the future of Ada
• Ada Joint Program Office briefing on the transition of Ada from a project to a product

Major Tool! GNAT 3.07 and 3.09, the GNU NYU Ada95 Translator sponsored by the Free Software Foundation and the DoD's Ada Joint Program Office. A high-quality free Ada95 compiler! Fully integrated with the GNU C compiler, allowing mix of Ada95 and C code. Src included! Ready-to-run ports of GNAT for DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, Solaris, SunOS, Linux, Silicon Graphics & more.

Major Tool! EZ2LOAD, Plug-and-Play for DOS and Windows 95/Windows NT that includes a complete Ada83 and Ada95 software development environment and installs directly from the CDROM. Update! A large set of Ada bindings, including bindings to OSI, ADAR, ASIS, CICS, DCE, GKS, GPEF, GPPF, IRDS, PCTE, PHIG, POSIX, X11, Motif, and Microsoft Windows.

Over 300 MB of information on Ada83 and Ada95, including:

• Guide to compiling Ada83 programs using Ada95 compilers
• An Ada95 transition guide
• An adoption handbook
• Reference manuals & tutorials
• Rational for the design of Ada

80 courses in Ada, Software Engineering, Software Reuse, OOD, OOP, Domain Engineering, real-time, concurrent programming, and other current topics. Hundreds of technical reports and references, including over 200 MB of material from the Software Engineering Institute.

A catalog of the Public Ada Library (over 2,000 pages covering this CDROM). The catalog is in text, Postscript, and HTML. You can print the catalog out or view it using a World Wide Web Browser.

An Ada CDROM World Wide Web home page, complete with access to the catalog of the Public Ada Library and the PAL Frequently Asked Questions List. An HTML-based presentation on why Ada is a language of choice is also available for viewing through the home page.

This CDROM can be browsed using Netscape and other Web browsers!

Start with the file 00_index.htm. See also the directory ada/how2use on Disc 1.

Price: $39.95
Subscription: $24.95
Released: June 1997