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- From: gailt@misg.csd.harris.com (Gail P. Truman)
- Subject: Harris' Ada first to comply with new IEEE standard (POSIX 1003.5)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.011130.29733@chg.mcd.mot.com>
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- Sender: usenet@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby)
- Organization: Harris Computer Systems Division, Ft. Lauderdale FL
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:11:30 GMT
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- [I apologize for this announcement's delay. I accidentally saved it
- into my normal Email save area instead of to my outgoing comp.newprod
- area. It was originally sent to me on 9/15/92. -mod]
-
- HARRIS' ADA FIRST TO COMPLY WITH NEW IEEE STANDARD
-
- Continues commitment to open systems with POSIX 1003.5 compliance
-
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 3, 1992 - Harris Corporation's
- Computer Systems Division has developed and shipped the first Ada
- products to comply with the newly approved Institute of Electrical and
- Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) standard for the Ada language
- bindings (IEEE Std 1003.5-1992). This standard, known as POSIX
- 1003.5, defines the interface between the Ada language and the
- operating system, and is part of a series of information technology
- standards under development by the IEEE. Now, systems designers using
- Night Hawk open architecture computers and Harris' Ada can build Ada
- applications that are assured to be portable to other computer systems
- running POSIX 1003.5-compliant Ada.
-
- Jeff Hollensen, Ada Product Manager for Harris' Computer Systems
- Division explained, "Everyone's Ada products adhere to the Ada
- language standard by definition; but how those products interface to
- the operating system has been fairly proprietary. The industry has
- been meeting the basic need, but has inhibited the portability that is
- the spirit of Ada. With the introduction of this new standard, the
- spirit of Ada can be continued. Being the first to conform to the new
- POSIX standard again demonstrates Harris' commitment to open systems
- and industry standards."
-
- Harris' implementation is a high-performance, multithreaded
- implementation of the IEEE standard. This implementation demonstrates
- Harris' expertise and continuing commitment to optimized Ada code
- generation, real-time Ada run-time systems, and real-time operating
- systems.
-
- Harris' Ada products, which include the Harris Ada Programming Support
- Environment (HAPSE) and the Ada Real-time Multiprocessing System
- (ARMS), are supported on the Night Hawk family of open architecture,
- multiprocessing real-time computers. Night Hawk computers range in
- performance from 20 to 800 MIPS and support compatible real-time and
- secure UNIX operating systems that comply with SVID, POSIX and 88open
- standards.
-
- Harris' Ada Programming Support Environment (HAPSE) has been used in
- numerous United States programs including AH-1S, T45- UNTS, 20F16,
- UPT, CH-53, CH-47, C-17 and Bell Helicopter 212/412. European
- programs using Harris' Ada products include England's R.A.F. ANT and
- Hawk I/O, Germany's EFA and France's Ariane 5. The Ada language has
- been mandated by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for use
- in complex, large-scale computer-based applications.
-
- POSIX 1003.5 is an optional feature of HAPSE and is sold separately.
- Prices start at $4,000 for a single-user license. The product is
- supported on the Night Hawk 4000 and 5000 series of computers running
- Harris' CX/UX UNIX operating system (release 5.3 or later) and HAPSE.
-
- Harris Computer Systems Division produces the Night Hawk family of
- real-time computer systems for simulation, data acquisition and secure
- computing applications. The division is part of Harris' Electronic
- Systems Sector.
-
- Harris Corporation, with annual worldwide sales of more than $3
- billion, is focused on four major businesses: electronic systems,
- semiconductors, communications, and Lanier Worldwide office equipment.
- ###
- Night Hawk is a registered trademark of Harris Corporation. UNIX is
- a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc in the U.S.
- and other countries. 88open is a registered trademark of the 88open
- Consortium Ltd. Other products mentioned in this document are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or marketers
- of the products with which the marks are associated.
-
- Contact: Gail Truman
- (305) 973-5122
- email: gailt@misg.csd.harris.com
-