Episodes

  • Ada: A language born from crisis.
    Nov 2 2025

    Ever wondered how programming languages truly come to life?

    This podcast delves into the unique history of Ada, a language commissioned by the US Department of Defense, a stark contrast to the organic evolution of most languages.


    Join us as we explore the 'software crisis' of the 1970s, the linguistic chaos in military systems, and the unprecedented, systematic process that led to Ada's creation. From the Strawman to the Steelman, discover the ambitious requirements and the international competition that shaped a language designed for reliability, maintainability, and efficiency – principles that remain relevant today. This is the story of a systematic approach to software engineering that continues to impact how we develop software.

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    8 mins
  • NVIDIA: Adoption of SPARK Ushers in a New Era in Security-Critical Software Development
    Oct 1 2025

    This episode is a great demonstration of Ada SPARK going beyond memory safety.


    It is generated by Googles NotebookLM. It may be subject to hallucinations that are not present in AdaCores source material found below:


    https://www.adacore.com/papers/nvidia-adoption-of-spark-new-era-in-security-critical-software-development

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    29 mins
  • Explaining Adas Generics by Edward Fish
    Sep 28 2025

    This is a Google NotebookLM generated podcast based on Edward Fish paper entitled Explaining Adas Generics. It starts off with an overview of Ada and it's type system.


    https://web.archive.org/web/20230930004650/http://edward.fish/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Explaining-Ada%E2%80%99s-Generics-1.pdf

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    25 mins
  • Comparing Development costs of C and Ada at Rational Software '95
    Sep 26 2025

    This episode is generated by Googles Notebooklm based on the following source. Comparing Development costs of C and Ada March 30, 1995 by Stephen F. Zeigler, Ph.D. of Rational Software Corporation.


    The key takeaway for me is that experienced C developers were thrown in to using Ada whilst learning on the job and yet consistently produced better results with Ada.


    http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.355/cada_art.html

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    52 mins
  • Ada Quality and Style Guide: Improving Performance
    Sep 14 2025

    This podcast is a summary of the Ada Quality and Style Guide, the last chapter - Improving Performance. Voiced by AI (Google NotebookML) and hallucination free.


    • Style Guide: ⁠⁠https://ada-lang.io/docs/style-guide/s10
    • Support us: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/ada_re⁠⁠
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    15 mins
  • Ada Quality and Style Guide: Object-Oriented Features
    Aug 24 2025

    This podcast is a summary of the Ada Quality and Style Guide, Chapter 9 "Object-Oriented Features". Voiced by AI (Google NotebookML) and hallucination free.

    • Style Guide: ⁠⁠https://ada-lang.io/docs/style-guide/s9
    • Support us: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/ada_re⁠⁠
    • Join Discord: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fvNd5Kun
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    25 mins
  • Ada Quality and Style Guide: Reusability
    Jun 17 2025

    This podcast is a summary of the Ada Quality and Style Guide, Chapter 8 "Reusability" - a very important and interesting topic. Voiced by AI (Google NotebookML) and hallucination free.

    • Style Guide: ⁠⁠https://ada-lang.io/docs/style-guide/s8
    • Support us: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/ada_re⁠⁠
    • Join Discord: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/fvNd5Kun
    • Join Telegram: ⁠⁠https://t.me/ada_lang​⁠⁠


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    26 mins
  • Ada Quality and Style Guide: Portability (2/2)
    May 31 2025

    This podcast is a summary of the Ada Quality and Style Guide, Chapter 7 "Portability" part 2 of 2. Voiced by AI (Google NotebookML) and hallucination free.

    • Style Guide: ⁠https://ada-lang.io/docs/style-guide/s7
    • ⁠Support us: https://www.patreon.com/ada_re
    • ⁠Join Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/fvNd5Kun⁠
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    28 mins