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by vezzy-fnord 4401 days ago
Ada-based languages (such as SPARK) are still used in developing modern aviation systems.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARK_(programming_language)

It would be interesting to have a version of SPIN [0] using this. This [1] looks really fresh. And I love the idea of creating new languages out of a subset. Almost all teams create an ad hoc language subset, formalizing it can be really powerful.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIN_(operating_system)

[1] http://www.spark-2014.org/about/