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by jlarocco 3335 days ago
Ada has had 3 major revisions since 1994. It's changed at least as much as C++.
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nom 3335 days ago
I don't think you can compare the changes between Ada 83/95/2005/2012 to what has happened to C++. The Ada language seems much more stable and backwards compatible to me, and given it's nature, it makes sense to avoid introducing major changes. However, I'm not an Ada expert so correct me if I'm wrong.
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nickpsecurity 3335 days ago
Oh, I bet you can given it's been done in detail more than once. Here's a recent one:

http://www.electronicdesign.com/embedded/c11-and-ada-2012-re...

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doublec 3335 days ago
Not to mention the changes to the SPARK subset of Ada for doing proofs on parts of your code have improved a lot.
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