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My 1st question would be looking for ADA-related jobs. Kotlin, Dart? Mobile apps. Java, Go? backend Python, Ruby? scripting, task automation, backend At least

by anta40 5y ago

My 1st question would be looking for ADA-related jobs. Kotlin, Dart? Mobile apps. Java, Go? backend Python, Ruby? scripting, task automation, backend At least finding jobs requiring them is pretty easy. ADA, on the other side to me looks very niche. I think writing missile controlling code sounds fun. CRUD is boring :)

bregma 5y ago
Consider how many automobiles ship each year. They have layer upon layer of safety-critical code in them. Do you think the steering code your self-driving car is written in is JavaScript connected to Ruby microservices in the cloud? If missiles can kill safely because their control systems are written in Ada, then cars can too.
- asddubs 5y ago
  actually I think using javascript to steer cars could be very productive in making them kill
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Which is why NVidia is using Ada for safety-critical firmware, even though they are a C++ shop. https://www.adacore.com/nvidia https://www.adacore.com/nvidia
  - touisteur 5y ago
    Oh fun fun fun 'we didn't think we'd break the firmware written in spark so we broke the ISA' https://blog.adacore.com/when-the-isa-is-the-weakest-link https://blog.adacore.com/when-the-isa-is-the-weakest-link
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
Agingcoder 5y ago
High integrity software, where bugs kill. Trains, aerospace, defense, artificial heart, self driving etc. Yes, it's smaller than web development, but there's a common theme.