Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level programming language, inspired by Pascal and other languages. It has built-in language support for design by contract,
Watercolour painting of Ada Lovelace
Passing the ACVC validation tests was an arduous task for Ada compiler vendors; here the certificate awarded by the Ada Joint Program Office and an award given by vendor management to its compiler staff
Jean David Ichbiah was a French and American computer scientist. From 1977 to 1983, he was the chief designer of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated co