I've always wondered why Ada, a commercially successful stable language, never got more popular? And instead people are re-inventing the wheel with something new like Rust ...
I suspect it had a similar reputation as things like Fortran-- the principal use case defined it to such an extent that it prevents a breakout moment. An entire generation assumed "Ada is that weird bulletproof thing defense contractors and nobody else uses."
Languages like Rust have benefited from hobbyist showcases-- evangelists building familiar tools and demonstrating "it's more reliable and more understandable" but nobody was doing it for Ada.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 22.3 ms ] threadLanguages like Rust have benefited from hobbyist showcases-- evangelists building familiar tools and demonstrating "it's more reliable and more understandable" but nobody was doing it for Ada.