Ada Programming October 15, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Few months ago, my friend – mulander has shown me AuroraUX, an OS mostly written in Ada. It’s a very interesting project because of a few reasons. First of all, this system is based on OpenSolaris. The kernel is based on Sun’s but it has been modified to open closed parts for everyone. Developers want to make this more secure than other Unix or Windows, they say that “users who want military grade security” should choose AuroraUX. You can read about project goals here and in FAQ.
The above example shows that Ada can be used for serious plans but people have chosen this for greater ideas before. It was created for the United States Department of Defense. If you want to know who’s currently using this, check this site. Why so many people are impressed by this? A code is simple to read and (I think) easy to modify. Documentation can be easily done by someone who’s not an owner of a code. Team programming is convenient, without many problems of understanding a source of a program.
Ada seems to be a serious programming language. I’d like to get to know more about programming in this when I’d have free time. Maybe you want to do this too?