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Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2095
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
30 W Point Pl
San Mateo, CA 94402
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 CARL PONDER
 (415) 571-6908
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

ALTHOUGH ADA WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENT ON EMBEDDED COMPUTERS, IT CURRENTLY LACKS THE FEATURES NECESSARY FOR EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS AND FOR SYMBOLIC PROCESSING IN GENERAL. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE ADA LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION DEFINES A CALLING MECHANISM FOR INTERFACING WITH OTHER LANGUAGES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADHERE TO THE ADA STANDARD WHILE MAKING USE OF SUCH SPECIALIZED LANGUAGES. AKM ASSOCIATES PROPOSES TO PROVIDE AN EXPOSITORY REPORT ON THE ADA INTERFACE FEATURE AS IT RELATES TO LISP, PROLOG, SMALLTALK AND FORTH. THIS REPORT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY AND LIMITATION OF THE ADA INTERFACE TO OTHER LANGUAGES.FOR THOSE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF ADA LACKING A CALLING MECHANISM, AKM ASSOCIATES WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SUCH AN INTERFACE. FINALLY, THE REPORT WILL PROPOSE A METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THE UTILITY OF THE INTERFACING FEATURES.

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