Who doesn’t want to use a programming language that is designed to be reliable, straightforward to learn and also happens to be certified for everything from avionics to rockets and ICBMs? Despite Ada ...

The Ada programming language was born in the mid-1970s, when the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the UK’s Ministry Of Defence sought to replace the hundreds of specialized programming languages ...

Ada is a general-purpose language, like C++ or Java, supporting the usual features of modern programming languages, such as data encapsulation, object orientation, templates (called “generics”), ...

The new Ada 2012 standard was recently approved by ISO. It incorporates contracts that will have a major impact on application design. The relationship of a software developer to his or her ...

The Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) gave me the opportunity to learn about new software products and technologies. Here's a roundup of several interesting announcements: Java with Concurrent ...

Ada Core Technologies announced the GNAT Programming System, which it said makes visual sense of code and streamlines the interaction between developers and their software. The New York-based company ...