An ISO standard guards the ADA hen house
Randall L. Brukardt · IEEE Software · 2000
Ada has become the first programming language to establish the process for testing compilers’ implementation as an international standard. Ada compilers can be labeled as “certified as conforming to standard Ada” (informally called “Validated Ada Compilers”) only if they follow a specific route of testing and certification. In October 1999, the International Organization of Standards (ISO) approved the prescribed path in Ada: Conformity Assessment of a Language Processor (ISO/IEC-18009:1999).