Re: Adacore joins with Ferrous Systems to support Rust

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:

> https://blog.adacore.com/adacore-and-ferrous-systems-joining-forces-to-support-rust
>
> Ferrous Systems is apparently a Rust support company based in Germany.
> From the linked page:
>
>     "Ferrous Systems and AdaCore are announcing today that they’re
>     joining forces to develop Ferrocene - a safety-qualified Rust
>     toolchain, which is aimed at supporting the needs of various
>     regulated markets, such as automotive, avionics, space, and
>     railway."
>
> No mention about whether there will be any type of FOSS or community
> release.  No word on whether the compiler and/or toolchain will be based
> on the existing stuff, or something new.  Wonder how they will
> safety-certify anything in Rust when the language itself doesn't even
> have a formal spec.  But, it is an interesting development.
>
> Is the writing on the wall for Ada?

Yes. And it says:

   As long as people care about quality software engineering, they will
   use Ada.

:)

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