Re: Applications written in Ada

["Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

"Lars" <lars-remove_me-m@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:bnnssf$c2t$01$1@news.t-online.com...
> I am aware of the (alleged) fact that Ada is mainly used for the
development
> of safety-critical applications by governmental institutions. I found a
list
> of military/space/aviation projects realised in Ada, and it was not
> unimpressive.
>
> However:
>
> a) Is there a list of applications written in Ada that are not intended
for
> defense/space/aviation?
> b) Which Ada applications (especially for Win32) are there for which the
> source code is available?

Off the top of my head:

1. MediaGuard from Canal+ is an Ada application used for secure
pay-per-view. They do the broadcasting using Ada too I believe.

2. Philips Semiconductors control/monitors their fabrication plants using
Ada

No sources though of course - but then it wouldn't matter what the language
used was for these things. Companies _rarely_ publish source code.