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From: Manuel Gomez <mgrojo@gmail.com>
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I remember reading that Saab uses Ada in some context. Searching Ada
Saab I found this reference:
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/mae-defense-executive-articl=
e-display/311897/articles/military-aerospace-electronics/executive-watch/rt=
i-works-with-saab-to-integrate-ada-compiler-with-real-time-middleware.html


On Dec 16, 7:45=A0pm, Rolf <rolf.ebert_nosp...@gmx.net> wrote:
> The upcoming ISO 26262 highly recommends "enforcement of strong
> typing" [1]. There is a corresponding footnote saying " The objective
> [...] is to impose principles of strong typing where these are not
> inherent in the language".
>
> Does anybody know if Ada has ever been used (in ECU series production)
> in an automotive application. Can you provide a reference?
>
> How do you achieve the "principles of strong typing" using C?
>
> =A0 Rolf
>