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> Ada, the fast type-safe compiled language (French)? Largely dead in the market. Isn't this language used in the Eurofighter Typhoon?

• sgerenser 6y ago
  I thought Ada was still fairly widely used in aviation software in general. Perhaps not in new designs?
  • non-entity 6y ago
    From what I've seen in job descriptions for various defense related positions Ada seems to be written in as a small "nice to have" and makes me imagine most of it is maintenance or being replaced (probably by C++ too lol)
    • throwaway0a5e 6y ago
      Not much Ada was written in the first place. The reason you see it in job requirements is because inertia and it's easier to slap those three letters in there than it is to try to explain to someone that there is no reason to require it on the job postings. Imagine if a bank listed Cobol on every single tech related job posting, that's basically what defense contractors are doing.
• ycombinatorrio 6y ago
  and some missile guidance system too