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- Subject: Why HOL?
- From: mshapiro@netlink.cts.com (Michael Shapiro)
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 19:42:15 PST
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- Why is Ada called a "High Order Language" (HOL) instead of a
- "High Level Language" (HLL) like nearly every other language
- I've seen described?
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- Among explanations I've heard were:
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- "The DoD likes to order people around, but doesn't want to level
- with them."
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- "Many language studies have measures that measure the level, giving
- a continuous range of numbers (c.f., Halstead Numbers). The DoD
- doesn't allow this concept and wants things they can count, not measure.
- Hence they went with a counting concept of order."
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- "Because they thought they were inventing something new with Ada and
- didn't want to use anyone else's jargon."
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- Can anyone help me with the real insights for this terminology question?
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