The Definition of Production Quality Ada(trade name) Compiler.
Abstract
This study was conducted to develop a quantifiable definition of the term production quality as applied to Ada compilers. This report specifies minimal and desirable requirements for the important characteristics of an Ada compiler that are beyond those required for validation, including performance, capacity, user-friendliness, reliability, documentation, and certain language features left to the discretion of the compiler builder. The requirements given in this report are applied to the complete compiler system, which includes the compiler, the Ada library manager, linker/loader, and Ada run-time system. Certain requirements given are minimal criteria that all compilers must meet to be considered production quality, while other requirements give criteria for highly desirable features that the ideal production quality Ada compiler should have but which fall into a gray area when quantifying them. No method is given for how these additional criteria should be ranked in importance to rate a compiler, but by implication the closer a compiler meets each requirement, the better it is.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA182445
Entities
People
- Elaine P. Hauser
- Michael O. Hogan
- Suzanne M. Minichiello
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation