Re: GnatBench (from GPL edition)

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:20:53 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Now, I realize that it's unlikely that many of us are going to be able to
> build all-Ada bare machines. (The fact that people have turned to using
> real-time executives to provide the same services that Ada already does has
> always mystified me; a bare machine Ada should do as well or better than
> your typical RTOS.) But my preference is to spend some effort up front
> wrapping any foreign code into the best designed Ada interfaces that you can
> get, and then (hopefully) never look at it again. That was the main driving
> reason for developing Claw, and that has worked out pretty well (could have
> been better, I suppose, but that's always true).

Sorry Randy, but the source of this problem is all on your (vendor's) side.
When it comes to a bare board support, there seems to be no chance to get a
full Ada 95/2005 (including tasking) and a TCP/IP stack for it. I, speaking
as a customer, have no slightest desire to use a third party OS, but I
forced to. 

[Otherwise, you are absolutely right]

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
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