Ada - A Suitable Replacement for COBOL?

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Abstract:

The new Department of Defense standard programming language for embedded computer systems, Ada, is evaluated as a replacement for COBOL. Ada appears superior to COBOL in facilitating good software development and maintenance practices. Yet Ada is more difficult to learn and does not provide as many convenient built in features for data formatting and inputoutput. Adopdting Ada may reduce total life cycle cost, but converting from COBOL to Ada is not recommended for the near future.

Author(s):
Davis, John S.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY INST FOR RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES ATLANTA GA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Pagination:
0101

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
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Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8.2.2_Provide Aid to Foreign Partners and Institutions; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.4.3_Establish Rule Sets; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, DEFENSE SYSTEMS, COST EFFECTIVENESS, SPECIFICATIONS, INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING, FORMATS, MILITARY APPLICATIONS, STANDARDS, EMBEDDING, LIFE CYCLE COSTS, TRADE OFF ANALYSIS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Keyword(s):
*Ada programming language, *COBOL
Report Date:
1981 Feb 24