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giancarlostoro ◴[02 Sep 25 18:15 UTC] No.45106948[source]▶

So is there a list or statistic of how many DOD projects actually use Ada?

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sharpy ◴[02 Sep 25 19:08 UTC] No.45107636[source]▶

Worked in the defence industry for a few years in the 2000s. I worked on exactly one Ada project. The rest were C/C++. I presume the shift away from Ada has accelerated if anythinng.

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1. pjmlp ◴[03 Sep 25 09:31 UTC] No.45113825[source]▶

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There are enough commercial projects to keep 7 vendors in business, in a day and age where many devs refuse to pay for their tools.

https://www.adacore.com/

https://www.ghs.com/products/ada_optimizing_compilers.html

https://www.ptc.com/en/products/developer-tools/apexada

https://www.ddci.com/products_score/

http://www.irvine.com/tech.html

http://www.ocsystems.com/w/index.php/OCS:PowerAda

http://www.rrsoftware.com/html/prodinf/janus95/j-ada95.htm

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