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"Ada Can" -- the contest to solve the "impossible" problems that "Ada can't do" presented by EVB Software Engineering, Inc. 5320 Spectrum Drive Frederick, MD 21701 (301) 695-6960 DESCRIPTION All of us in the Ada community have heard stories about "deficiencies" in the Ada language. Most of these accounts can be ascribed to one or more of the following problems: - unawareness of one or more language features which directly address the problem. - looking for a single Ada statement which will solve the problem. Oddly, some feel that having to write two or more Ada statements to accomplish one's objectives is a deficiency in the language. - a propensity to duplicate some feature of a more familiar language, e.g., FORTRAN or assembly language. - Wanting an excuse not to use the Ada language. While Ada is not a perfect language, there is much that can be accomplished with the language in its present form. Further, although knowledgeable, the software engineering population frequently seems to be poorly directed. Because we at EVB believe that much could be learned from an endeavor which would promote the positive benefits and strengths of software engineering in Ada, we are announcing the EVB "Ada Can" project. The bound problem definitions and their solutions will be available by Friday, December 9, 1988.Click on FTP to download from the FTP archives.