Programming Language: Defense Policies and Plans for Implementing Ada

IMTEC-91-70BR Published: Sep 06, 1991. Publicly Released: Sep 06, 1991.

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO obtained information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of legislation which mandated using the Ada programming language for all software development, where cost-effective.

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