I have observed a strong trend in avionics software development to move away from Ada towards C++. I have not yet heard a concrete reason why. I might guess tha

I have observed a strong trend in avionics software development to move away from Ada towards C++. I have not yet heard a concrete reason why. I might guess that it's easier to hire people with some existing C++ experience than with Ada experience, but understanding the programming language is pretty inconsequential compared to understanding the product domain.