alt Hacker NewsAda used to be mandated in the US defense industry, but lots of developers and companies preferred C++ and other languages, and for a variety of reasons, the mandate ended, and Ada faded from the spotlight.
Ada used to be mandated in the US defense industry, but lots of developers and companies preferred C++ and other languages, and for a variety of reasons, the mandate ended, and Ada faded from the spotlight.
>the mandate ended, and Ada faded from the spotlight
Exactly. People stopped using Ada as soon as they were no longer forced to use it.
In other words on its own merits people don't choose it.