Software: Artificial-intelligence software becomes available for minis and mainframes, and the U.S. Department of Defense converts to Ada and pushes to produce secure systems

Software developments in 1984 are reviewed. These include: the entry of major mainframe and minicomputer manufacturers into the mainframe field; the US Department of Defense´s conversion to Ada; the standardization of LISP; the development of knowledge-based tools; and the continuing development of logic programming systems.