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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by Grishnakh on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:37AM (#12855149)
That's incorrect. Commercial avionics are written in C++ these days. Automotive systems are in C or C++. Ada never got any real use outside the US military, and even there it's dead.
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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by samuell on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:50PM (#12856784)
Not if you read something like this:

https://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summary.html

Sure, the "military" list is the longest, but far from the only one. I also notice four Swedish military systems there (yay :) )

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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by user5994461 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:28PM (#12857812)
Ada ain't dead. It's still in use for some aircraft systems, not all of which are military.
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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by Grishnakh on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:44PM (#12857959)
It's probably all legacy stuff. The avionics stuff I worked on was all C++. I got to see some Ada code, but it was all ancient legacy systems that hadn't been replaced yet. I seriously doubt anyone is starting any new projects in it.
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