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Re:COBOL has been "dead" for so long, my grandpa wrote about it by actionfromafar on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @06:33PM (#41715000)
Often, I'm sure, but there are large code bases in Ada still. It's a shame, it looks like a really great language I would love. But it's a chicken and egg problem. If only Mozilla had decided on Ada instead of Rust! :-)
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Re:COBOL has been "dead" for so long, my grandpa wrote about it by cyberax on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @10:15PM (#41716587)
Ada doesn't offer any safety for dynamic memory. In fact, Ada is now adopting Rust's approach with the borrow checker.
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Re:COBOL has been "dead" for so long, my grandpa wrote about it by actionfromafar on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @03:03AM (#41717946)
Great! Time to jump on the Ada bandwagon then! ;)
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