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Given the peculiarities of Tiobe, I'm more surprised about Ada being on the list at all.

• yen223 14y ago
  Out of curiosity, who uses Ada? The DoD?
  • ricardobeat 14y ago
    The aerospace industry, traffic control, railways, industrial automation, banks and the military. http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summary.html http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summary.html
  • mhd 14y ago
    It actually was mandatory in the past for some DoD projects. Not anymore, for quite a while, which is why I'm surprised. It's never been a hip language, and so I would expect Ada engineering positions to be somewhat like Cobol jobs, i.e. maintenance and legacy. And thus not as likely to appear on things like Tiobe. It's an interesting language, worth a look.