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Ada definitely targets the same domain as Rust, it just _also_ targets additional domains like low level control systems. It has a lot of flexibility and is qui
by eschaton 2y ago
Ada definitely targets the same domain as Rust, it just _also_ targets additional domains like low level control systems. It has a lot of flexibility and is quite a good language design that people seem irrationally prejudiced against because it has Algol/Pascal-flavored syntax instead of C-flavored syntax.
- throwaway81523 2y agoFrom what I can tell, trying to write a browser in Ada would be madness. Ada's memory management stuff is very primitive compared to Rust's. That may change as Ada keeps evolving, of course.
- waste_monk 2y agoIt has historically been solved in different ways [1] :) Unfortunately most people would not be happy taking the same approach to their web browser. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180228-00/?p=98125 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180228-00/?p=98... where the subject post was from comp.lang.ada.