A Survey of Computer Programming Languages Currently Used in the Department of Defense.

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Abstract:

This study reports on a programming language survey commissioned by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I to determine how many programming languages are being used in the DoD today as compared to 20 years ago when the DoD began development of the Ada language. The sample population for this survey consisted of weapons systems taken from the 1994 Presidential Budget requests for RDTE programs exceeding 15 million and Procurement budgets exceeding 25 million. The current DoD list of major Automated Information Systems was used as the survey sample for non-weapons systems. The survey found that over 80 of the applications in the sample were written in third generation languages. Moreover, it identified 37 third generation languages in contrast to an estimate of at least 450 general purpose languages and dialects in 1974. In weapons systems modernization, Ada is the most commonly used language.

Author(s):
Hook, Audrey A. ; Brykczynski, Bill ; Mcdonald, Catherine W. ; Nash, Sarah H. ; Youngblut, Christine
Author Organization(s):
INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA294001
Pagination:
0095

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
IDA-P-3054
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DASW01-94-C-0054
Monitor Series:
DISA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_4.2.1_Manage Supplies and Equipment; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3; Microelectronics; Space
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTER PROGRAMS, *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, *PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, *ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, AUTOMATION, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WEAPON SYSTEMS, REPORTS, POPULATION, SURVEYS, PROCUREMENT, LANGUAGE, BUDGETS, DIALECTS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Report Date:
1994 Jan 01