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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 01:08:19 +0000 (UTC)
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>The language is good for embedded, real-time, and safety-critical
>software
>where high reliability is required.  It is often used in the space
   I run a TV channel with Ada.  It handles downloading video files,
loading from DVDs and timing shows, inserting ad-size clips, archiving
old shows, scheduling (and notifying TV Guide et al), and of course
playing on Comcast and UVerse.  Reliability, concurrency, real-time
(one second or less), catching exceptions, are important.