The Boston Globe, March 3rd, 2007
Reflecting on how he created the Ada computer language for the US Defense Department, Jean D. Ichbiah invoked images that soared beyond the computer keyboard. "I see myself really as an architect," he said in a 1984 interview with Communications of the ACM, a computer trade journal. "My work was not to invent new things; it was not research work, it was architectural work. I had to integrate the best available materials to construct the building that would best suit the requirements of the users." Dr. Ichbiah, who viewed the Ada language "as a cathedral with all the architectural lines interwo...
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