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A taxonomy of Ada packages

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Ken Sumate,

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ACM SIGAda Ada Letters, Volume VIII, Issue 2

Pages 55 - 76

https://doi.org/10.1145/45380.45382

Published: 01 March 1988 Publication History

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A taxonomy of Ada packages is presented to describe their use in designing large programs. The categories include application, communication, and helper packages. Helper packages are further subdivided into definitions, services, and data managers. Data managers are further divided into abstract data types and resources. An abstract data type can be of an open or a closed type. Each of the categories described as part of the taxonomy is illustrated with a coding example that shows both the package and how the package is used.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/142221.142226
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Shumate KJohnson JGill H(1988)Layered virtual machine/object-oriented designProceedings of the fifth Washington Ada symposium on Ada10.1145/339938.339991(177-190)Online publication date: 1-Jul-1988
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/339938.339991

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A taxonomy of Ada packages
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Modules / packages
      2. Language types

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Llamosí A(1992)On Ada packages, types and task typesACM SIGAda Ada Letters10.1145/142221.142226XII:5(47-58)Online publication date: 1-Oct-1992
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