Ada is a programming language developed for the United States Department of Defense, which had been using hundreds of different languages in its projects. A team led by the French computer scientist Jean Ichbiah won an international competition to design the new language, and it was named after Ada Lovelace, who is often described as the first programmer. Its early standard, published in 1980, was followed by an ISO standard in the 1980s. Ada emphasises readability, strong typing and reliability, with built-in support for concurrency. It is used in safety-critical systems such as avionics, air traffic control, railways and space software.
Before and after
- 18 December 1979Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- from 25 December 1979 to 15 February 1989Soviet-Afghan War
- 1980Establishment of Lake Malawi National Park
- c. 1980sDigital Revolution
- 1980Creation of Ada
- 1980Publication of The Name of the Rose
- 1980Rise of transhumanism
- 1980Founding of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- 1980Establishment of Channel Islands National Park
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The era
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