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The Ada 95 Reference Manual is a detailed guide to the Ada 95 programming language, which was first published in 1995 by the Ada Joint Program Office. Ada 95 is an object-oriented, high-level, and statically typed language that was designed for building reliable and maintainable software systems. The language is widely used in safety-critical and high-integrity applications, such as aviation, defense, and transportation. The reference manual provides a thorough overview of the language's syntax, semantics, and features, including its support for concurrency, exception handling, and generic programming. With a vibe score of 8, the Ada 95 Reference Manual is a highly influential and widely respected resource in the programming community, with a controversy spectrum of 2, indicating a relatively low level of debate and disagreement. The manual has been influential in shaping the development of subsequent programming languages, including Ada 2005 and Ada 2012, with key contributors including Jean Ichbiah and S. Tucker Taft.