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I believe Ada was supposed to be a better Pascal in some sense. But I don't know why Ada didn't take off either.
by mrkeen 6y ago
I believe Ada was supposed to be a better Pascal in some sense.
But I don't know why Ada didn't take off either.
- user5994461 6y agoIt's still used in defense and aerospace. Last talking to people who were making inertial navigation units (the movement sensors like in your phone but much better and for a plane), all the software was done Ada, millions of lines of Ada.
- froh 6y agoThe compilers were dead slow. Ada was ahead of c++ by years, but it was unusably slow in compile debug cycles compared to c++. http://archive.adaic.com/intro/ada-vs-c/ada-vs-c.html http://archive.adaic.com/intro/ada-vs-c/ada-vs-c.html
- KineticLensman 6y ago> The compilers were dead slow. And also expensive.
- zeroc8 6y agoNvidia recently chose Spark/Ada for some of their safety critical software. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/02/05/adacore-secure-autonomous-driving/ https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/02/05/adacore-secure-auto...