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Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages

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Re: Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages

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The next language ought to ensure memory-safe conditions across the network.

AmbientTalk did this. I used it for a demo where I dragged a mp3 player's UI button to another machine, where pressing play would play it back on the originator's speakers. Proper actor programming in the veins of E and Erlang.

https://soft.vub.ac.be/amop/

Re: Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the answer is… Rust.

Or Algol 68, which is doing a comeback.

Or even ESPOL and its evolution, NEWP, never went away, only available to Unisys customers that care about security as top deployment priority.
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