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SiliconWizard:
Maybe it's time to give it a shot:
https://ada-lang.io/
 ;D

wilfred:
For me it would be Simula 67. Anyone know where to download a compiler, specifically for the DEC System10?

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: wilfred on January 02, 2025, 02:30:04 am ---For me it would be Simula 67. Anyone know where to download a compiler, specifically for the DEC System10?

--- End quote ---

Easier to find a Smalltalk implementation, since there are many available. Better as well, IMHO :)

As for ADA-like languages, I'd go for SPARK or VHDL.

eeproks:
I always enjoyed Ada, and I find it way more comfortable than the new hotness 'safe' languages, particularly Rust.  GNAT is kinda crufty, but the AdaCore stuff looks much more polished.  The language has also evolved a lot since the Ada-95 days.

tggzzz:
I liked Ada's starting point and attitude, but I was wary of the 1980s Ada. I never had the opportunity to use it in anger. The same can be said of Erlang.

Instead I had to use C, and Rust is shaping up to be preferable to that. (C++: I chose to avoid it, and managed to).

Smalltalk in the 80s was remarkably productive and introduced many seminal advances, e.g. IDEs and JIT runtime environments. Java is its natural successor, with many improvements.

But the Adacore offering does look like it is worth investigating, especially the SPARK subset.

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