What operating systems are used in airplanes, and what programming languages are they developed in?

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Published on 2012-06-18T03:00:30Z Indexed on 2012/06/18 9:24 UTC
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I was wondering if anyone knows what is the operating system used in commercial airplanes (say Boeing or Airbus).

Also, what is the (preferred) real-time programing language? I heard that Ada is used in Boeing, so my question is - why Ada? what are the criteria the Boeing-guys had to choose this language? (I guess Java wouldn't be a great choice if the exactly in lift off the garbage collector wakes up).

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