"Ada's Past, Present, and Future" by Robert Dewar.

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"Ada's Past, Present, and Future" by Robert Dewar.

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The late Robert Dewar gave this talk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 90s. Despite its age, it is still relevant and entertaining today, especially with the recent focus on memory safety and increasing security concerns. Robert Dewar was one of the creators of GNAT, a free software compiler for Ada that is part of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). In 2024, Gnat is the most widely used open-source Ada 2022 compiler.

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Depicts some of Ada's strengths over C brilliantly. I only wish he more thoroughly pointed out that Ada's virtues are suitable to general programming and not just high-integrity systems.

Entertaining and inciteful background on Ada

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