Design Issues for Ada Program Support Environments: A Catalogue of Issues
David A. Fisher · 1980
Abstract : This paper catalogues many of the design decisions necessary to the design of an Ada program support environment (APSE). The emphasis is on those design decisions which affect the APSE users and tool builders. It is hoped that early identification and resolution of these design decisions will maximize the simplicity, usefulness, and ease of use for any APSE while permitting tool building efforts to begin in parallel with implementation of the kernel APSE. The catalogue includes both design decisions and conventions on the form, function and performance of the various internal and external interfaces, but does not address other design decisions critical to the implementation and internal representations of the kernel APSE. Additional keywords: Host computers; Programming languages; Compilers.