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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: Adacore joins with Ferrous Systems to support Rust
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:04:42 +0000
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On 02/02/2022 08:57, Paul Rubin wrote:
> 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?

I see this going one way, Ada loses out as the Rust side uses AdaCore to 
get what they want.