Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative and object-oriented programming language, inspired by Pascal, that was commissioned by the United States Department of Defense to replace the more than four hundred languages then used across its systems. First released in 1980 and named after Ada Lovelace, it places an unusual emphasis on catching errors at compile time rather than at run time. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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First Released ParadigmStructured, imperative, object-oriented, concurrent, generic and distributed; strongly and statically typed. 1 SignificanceCommissioned to replace the hundreds of languages then in use across United States defense systems and named for Ada Lovelace, regarded as the first computer programmer; its compile-time safety emphasis influenced later language design. 1 Connections
In Field
Source Wikipedia: Ada (programming language)
Influenced
Same Nim "Influence" section: Ada contributed subrange types, distinct type, safe variants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim_(programming_language)
"VHDL borrows heavily from the Ada programming language in both concept and syntax," per the Department of Defense requirement to base VHDL syntax on Ada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL
Influenced By
Source Wikipedia: Ada (programming language)
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1. Wikipedia: Ada (programming language)
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Ada improves code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors.
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- Influenced By: Pascal, Lead paragraph, on Pascal inspiration
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