Lambda the Ultimate

Machine learning consists of a lot of math and AI have traditionally used logic and functional languages, not imperatives.

So Haskell should be fit for this stuff no? Yet I don't say much applications using Haskell for AI. What is the standard AI-language today? Still LISP?

A useful short article by Ben Brosgol in COTS Journal.

On the surface, Ada and Java offer similar features to support real-time embedded military applications. But under the hood, they differ significantly in their underlying philosophy...

All that said, the Java / Ada decision need not be either/or. Mixed-language programming is provided by Java through the Java Native Interface, and by Ada through a standard interfacing framework. The enhancements in Ada 2005 make such interfacing easier, and there is current implementation support for mixed Ada/Java development. In a large system it may make sense to program different components in different languages—for example, a user interface in Java, hard real-time elements in Ada—thus taking advantage of the strengths of both. Ada and Java, rather than competing in the embedded defense system arena, may turn out to be comrades in arms.

Ben Brosgol is an expert on both Ada and Java support for real time programming, and I've linked to his papers that provide more detailed analysis a few times in the past.