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All About Ada and SPARK Programming

Oct. 10, 2024

Ada and SPARK are often used to develop applications that require high reliability and no bugs.

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Ada a general purpose programming language that incorporates advanced programming features like contracts and object oriented programming support.

SPARK is a subset of the latest version of Ada that can be formally proven to be free of bugs. It takes advantage of Ada 2012’s contract support.

We have collected articles that are related to Ada and SPARK here.

Ada and SPARK Basics

This TechXchange includes articles about the Ada/SPARK programming language.

Using Ada Contracts

Ada 2012 introduced contracts that provide a way to specify how a program should work.

Comparing Rust, C, C++, Ada and SPARK

This TechXchange takes a look at some programming languages that target high reliability embedded applications

Learning About Ada and SPARK

Check out tools and projects done with the Ada and SPARK programming languages

Developing High Reliability Software and Reducing Costs Using Ada

Ada and SPARK are typically used for developing highly reliable software and it can reduce the cost of doing so.

Make With Ada Competition

Taking a look at Adacore's Make With Ada Competition

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