Lambda the Ultimate

A first installment of a booklet by John Barnes titled Safe and Secure Software: An Introduction to Ada 2005.

The purpose of this booklet is to illustrate the ways in which Ada 2005 can help in the construction of reliable software, by illustrating some aspects of its features. It is hoped that it will be of interest to programmers and managers at all levels.

It must be stressed that the discussion is not complete. Each chapter selects a particular topic under the banner of Safe X where Safe is just a brief token to designate both safety and security. For the most critical software, use of the related SPARK language appears to be very beneficial, and this is outlined in Chapter 11.

The introduction is rather amusing, so even non Ada fans may want to take look.