It was created by the US government, or at least by committee for the US government, specifically the DOD. There was a DOD mandate to use Ada, that lasted about

It was created by the US government, or at least by committee for the US government, specifically the DOD. There was a DOD mandate to use Ada, that lasted about 5 minutes before the rebellion against it won out. There's not a lot of new (this century) software written at the DOD's request in Ada.