Well since you asked
Congress mandated that the Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable
Systems(STARS) program create a "National Software Technology
Repository". The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA)
responded by creating the Asset Source for Software Engineering
Technology(ASSET) project and awarding it in January 1991. ASSET is
intended to provide a focal point for software reuse within the United
States. This will be achieved through a distributed network of reuse
libraries utilizing AFS.~
Tentatively, the following info will be available for public~
distribution on September 1, 1992:~
"National Software Reuse Directory" for public distribution,~
"ADA Language Reference Manual" for public distribution,~
"Ada Joint Program Office" for public distribution,~
Simtel-20 "ADA Software Repository" for public distribution,~
IRUS "aflex/ayacc" for public distribution,~
"Anna", a language extension of Ada, for public distribution,~
"DoD STARS" project for public distribution,~
"DoD ASSET" project for public distribution,~
"RENEWS", Bill Frakes, electronice news letter, for public
distribution,~
Vincent Broman's "Graphical Kernel System",
"ISO-IEC/JTC1/SC22/WG9 (Ada) -- Numerics Rapporteur Group",
and random collection for public distribution,~
"nrl" for public distribution,~
STARS repository maintained by Paramax for public
distribution,~
VMS and DOS utilities for public distribution.~
Additional software is available to ASSET account holders. Contact me
for an account information.
Terry Dangler, Account Manager~
