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Software architectures increase productivity when used as the basis for developing applications in a problem domain. This paper describes the creation of Easy_Sim, an Ada 9X implementation of a graphics software architecture for distributed visual simulation systems. The research builds upon ObjectSim, an existing object-oriented C++ application framework. The investigation involves honing ObjectSim's design and constructing Easy_Sim with a combination of C++ and Ada 9X. Graphics applications using the new framework are developed in Ada 9X. The primary objective of the study is to produce a visual simulation system from Easy_Sim in Ada 9X that performs at a level comparable to the same graphics application built from ObjectSim in C++.
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Kayloe, J.R., Lawlis, P.K. (1994). Merging Ada 9X and C++ in a graphics system software architecture. In: Toussaint, M. (eds) Ada in Europe. Ada-Europe 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 887. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58822-1_86
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