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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
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Duke Normandin wrote:
> 
> Just curious to know if Ada is still widely used, and in what area(s) does
> it excel, e.g. data processing, number crunching, graphics, etc? TIA..

Ada tends to be the language of choice for software engineers (~2% of all 
developers). It excels whenever correctness is important. To my mind, that is 
all software.

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Jeff Carter
"C++ is like jamming a helicopter inside a Miata
and expecting some sort of improvement."
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