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Many ada devs probably write software i would not be comfortable writing. Its always been a kind of place i dont want to be part of.
by phplovesong 7mo ago
Many ada devs probably write software i would not be comfortable writing. Its always been a kind of place i dont want to be part of.
- zardo 7mo agoI wonder what Ada Lovelace would think about her namesake being the language for weapon systems.
- zorobo 7mo agoI’d rather fly in an airplane with a system coded in Ada/Spark rather than Python ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- homarp 7mo agoyou have problem with Snakes in a plane ?
- Findecanor 7mo agoI've had it with these monkey-coding snakes this Monday-to-Friday work-week.
- graemep 7mo agoShe was an aristocrat in the greatest empire the world had ever seen. She is unlikely to have objected to weapons systems per se.
- deleted 7mo ago[deleted]
- sam_bristow 7mo agoAssuming your discomfort is around the defense side of things here's an example of a diving reberather system using Spark/Ada from a while back. https://youtu.be/zL9vVs5vHuQ?si=-thG-FkelkW6oFfb https://youtu.be/zL9vVs5vHuQ?si=-thG-FkelkW6oFfb
- melon_tusk 7mo ago[flagged]
- jibal 7mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Jtsummers 7mo agoIt's used for planes, trains, and automobiles. No reason to feel uncomfortable working on those things.
- phplovesong 7mo agoHonestly i would be shit scared writing software for planes/trains etc. One bug can literally cost multiple lives. I rather have less stress in my life.
- inkyoto 7mo agoWhat are we comparing Ada to… PHP?