Program generation for Ada — a case study

摘要

AbstractProgram generation software is increasingly being used, not only to assist non‐computer professionals to produce their own applications, but also to provide tools for programmers and designers. As part of the toolkit for an Ada dialogue development system, a program generator has been written in Ada to generate the package which codes the dialogue manager for a specified user interface. The input specifications and the method of generation are described. The advantages and disadvantages of Ada as the implementation, target and specification language are discusse