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Ada, Past Present and Future

AdaCore · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

An AdaCore talk on the history, present and future of the Ada language, including remarks from Robert Dewar. The title and description say little else.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it in Ada discussions, including for Dewar's remark on how much costlier bugs are when found late.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Heres a lecture at MIT about Ada from a favorite programmer of mine.”

    MIT lecture on Ada by a respected programmer.

    feelin_googley, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Is Ada a failed language?”

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Topics: ada, robert dewar, programming languages, software reliability, language history

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