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From: Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Reactive Systems in Ada?
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On 7 Apr, 09:25, Dimonax <dimo...@nospam.net> wrote:
> I've been experimenting with the Ravenscar profile and the various
> tasking facilities available in Ada.
>
> I'm curious, has anyone written any Reactive Systems of any sort using
> the Concurrency features in Ada?
>
> How does it compare to Reactive Languages such as Esterel, or Lustre,
> etc...?
>
> My curiosity is piqued.
>
> Dimonax

Do you mean "event driven" systems? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Automata-based_programming_(Shalyto%27s_approach)#State-
Based_Programming)

If so, then "yes" and I suspect the majority of Ada systems ever
written will fall into this category.

Cheers
-- Martin