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[Programming Languages] Episode 16 - First Impression - Ada (youtu.be)

submitted 9 months ago by ada to c/programming

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Mike Shah a computer science professor who teaches programming topics, primarily modern C++, C, D, game, and computer graphics. He is also a former senior 3D Graphics Engineer who worked at several game and graphics companies. He also has a YouTube channel where he covers a variety of software development topics with a focus on D and C++.

Over the past several months, he has been exploring several alternative high performance languages as part his First Impressions series, devoting a full episode to each one. Instead of giving a canned presentation, he lets the audience ride along on his journey as he tries to uncover the language's capabilities while sharing his impressions along the way.

His latest episode #16 covers Ada, which should be exciting after already covering 15 of them:

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ada is underrated. It has clumsy syntax that turns people off. But it gets many things right that other languages don't even think about. Look for the online book "Ada Distilled" for an intro.

Added: I looked at the video a little bit and it's not very informative. This is old and has some errors and gaps but it's a quick read that gets to some of the good stuff:

http://cowlark.com/2014-04-27-ada/index.html

I'll try to find something more recent that describes SPARK. SPARK is a verification system integrated with Ada that's maybe comparable to Liquid Haskell. There is effort under way to make something like it for Rust.