Ada represents everything that is wrong with the U.S. Department of Defense's approach to solving their organizational problems.
Systems integration projects routinely fail in the military community, and the reason for this, of course, must be purely the result of so many different programming languages! Anyone who has worked in that industry can tell you that the problem Ada was trying to solve wasn't the actual problem.
Limited number of available programmers due to absurdly arbitrary security clearance process: Check
Highly bureaucratic culture which has multiple middle managers for every person who actually works: Check
Contract award process which is so complex that it favors proposal writing skills over software writing skills: Check
Bloated fiefdoms whose members actively fight any and all efforts to integrate to protect their own jobs: Check
None of these problems are ever going to be solved by a programming language.
Systems integration projects routinely fail in the military community, and the reason for this, of course, must be purely the result of so many different programming languages! Anyone who has worked in that industry can tell you that the problem Ada was trying to solve wasn't the actual problem.
Limited number of available programmers due to absurdly arbitrary security clearance process: Check Highly bureaucratic culture which has multiple middle managers for every person who actually works: Check Contract award process which is so complex that it favors proposal writing skills over software writing skills: Check Bloated fiefdoms whose members actively fight any and all efforts to integrate to protect their own jobs: Check
None of these problems are ever going to be solved by a programming language.