Programming Language
Ada Appeared 1980
Structured, statically typed, imperative, and object-oriented high-level programming language, inspired by Pascal. It features built-in support for design by contract, strong typing, concurrency, synchronous message passing, protected objects, and non-determinism. Ada is primarily used in systems where safety and reliability are crucial, such as in avionics and other mission-critical systems. It is standardized internationally by ISO/IEC.
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Influence graph Influence graph for Ada: 30 influencing languages, 1 family links C++ influenced Ada Eiffel influenced Ada Pascal influenced Ada C influenced AWK sed influenced AWK Fortran influenced BASIC Fortran influenced C Ada influenced C++ APL influenced C++ C influenced C++ F# influenced C++ C influenced C# C++ influenced C# D influenced C# Eiffel influenced C# F# influenced C# Haskell influenced C# Java influenced C# Pascal influenced C# Scala influenced C# Visual Basic influenced C# Haskell influenced Clean Lisp influenced Common Lisp R5RS influenced Common Lisp Scheme influenced Common Lisp Ada influenced D BASIC influenced D C influenced D C++ influenced D C# influenced D Eiffel influenced D Java influenced D Python influenced D Ruby influenced D Ada influenced Eiffel Lisp influenced Erlang Prolog influenced Erlang C# influenced F# Erlang influenced F# Haskell influenced F# OCaml influenced F# Python influenced F# Scala influenced F# Standard ML influenced F# Clean influenced Haskell Lisp influenced Haskell R5RS influenced Haskell Raku influenced Haskell Scheme influenced Haskell Standard ML influenced Haskell C++ influenced Java AWK influenced JavaScript C influenced JavaScript Java influenced JavaScript Lisp influenced JavaScript Perl influenced JavaScript Python influenced JavaScript R5RS influenced JavaScript Scheme influenced JavaScript C influenced OCaml Pascal influenced OCaml Standard ML influenced OCaml AWK influenced Perl BASIC influenced Perl C influenced Perl C++ influenced Perl Lisp influenced Perl Raku influenced Perl sed influenced Perl Ada influenced Python APL influenced Python C influenced Python C++ influenced Python Haskell influenced Python Lisp influenced Python Perl influenced Python R5RS influenced Python Scheme influenced Python Standard ML influenced Python Lisp influenced R5RS Haskell influenced Raku JavaScript influenced Raku Perl influenced Raku Ruby influenced Raku BASIC influenced Ruby C++ influenced Ruby Eiffel influenced Ruby Lisp influenced Ruby Perl influenced Ruby Python influenced Ruby R5RS influenced Ruby Scheme influenced Ruby Common Lisp influenced Scala Eiffel influenced Scala Erlang influenced Scala F# influenced Scala Haskell influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scala OCaml influenced Scala R5RS influenced Scala Scheme influenced Scala Standard ML influenced Scala Lisp influenced Scheme Pascal influenced Standard ML BASIC influenced Visual Basic Haskell influenced Visual Basic Ada is a dialect of Pascal Fortran sed C BASIC AWK Lisp Perl Java Eiffel R5RS Scheme Ruby JavaScript Pascal Raku Clean Standard ML Prolog APL Haskell Erlang Common Lisp Python OCaml D Visual Basic Scala C# F# C++ Ada Solid arrows: influence, oldest at the top. Dashed: compiles to / is a dialect of / implements. 