A# is a port of the Ada programming language

Ada (programming language)

Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages...

 to the Microsoft .NET

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...

 platform. A# is freely distributed by the Department of Computer Science at the United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...

 as a service to the Ada community under the terms of the GNU General Public License

GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....

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AdaCore

AdaCore

AdaCore is a computer software company that provides open source software tools and expertise for the development of mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical software...

has taken over this development, and announced "GNAT for .NET", which is a fully supported .NET product with all of the features of A# and more.

External links

• A# for .NET
• Ada Sharp .NET Programming environment