Re:Ada Programming Language
by amilios on Sunday September 18, 2022 @03:36PM
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What is the biggest Ada-based project currently in use? Does anyone know? Is Ada more for DoD-type backend-stuff, where Fortran or C would be used, or something else? What is Ada for?
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I don't know about specific projects, but the main Ada use case I've heard about is safety-critical embedded systems in heavily regulated industries. The same sort of places you might use NASA JPL's famously strict rules for C code--things like control loops for jet engines. (One of the most compelling reasons to use Ada is SPARK, a theorem prover bolted onto the compiler that can formally verify your program doesn't violate any assertions or trigger any runtime errors.)
Nvidia, Boeing, many satellite programmes,
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Re:Ada Programming Language
by topdancing on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:07AM
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https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/02/05/adacore-secure-auto...
And there's a whole new Paris metro line that runs on Ada: https://www.adahome.com/Ammo/Success/subway.html