Mike Shah a computer science professor who teaches programming topics, primarily modern C++, C, D, game, and computer graphics. He is also a former senior 3D Graphics Engineer who worked at several game and graphics companies. He also has a YouTube channel where he covers a variety of software development topics with a focus on D and C++.

Over the past several months, he has been exploring several alternative high performance languages as part his First Impressions series, devoting a full episode to each one. Instead of giving a canned presentation, he lets the audience ride along on his journey as he tries to uncover the language's capabilities while sharing his impressions along the way.

His latest episode #16 covers Ada, which should be exciting after already covering 15 of them: