Ada, a programming language from the late 70s, has surprisingly made it into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. This resurgence has sparked conversations among developers regarding its significance. Paul Jansen, CEO of TIOBE, notes the impressive performance of older languages like Ada, Visual Basic, and Fortran compared to modern languages. He supports Ada's potential success due to its design aimed at security for safety-critical systems. Contrarily, some developers criticize the TIOBE ranking system for not accurately representing professional usage.
"Where are Rust, Kotlin, Dart, and Julia? Apparently, established languages are hot."
Paul Jansen believes Ada is 'likely the best survivor' because it was built for super-secure, safety-critical systems.
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