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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:38:32 +0200
From: Erlo Haugen <_elh_@_terma_._com_>
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Subject: Re: C bug of the day
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:58:05 +0200
Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> wrote:

> Erlo Haugen wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:08:02 +0200
> >Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> At least for 6502 and Z80 exist C-compilers, so I don't see why there
> >> shouldn't be any Ada-Compiler. I even remember playing around with
> 
> >Efficiency ?? 
> 
> Well, I don't see what would make Ada-compiled code less efficient
> that C-compiled code. :)
>

Perhaps not, but C need to implement pointers, which Ada don't.
Could one imagine an MCU without indexed access to ram??
 
> Or do you mean, that programming HLL on those machines is quite
> inefficient in general?
>
If the ram area is small and the registers awkward, yes. (MC68705 in variuos
versions comes to mind.)

> >> Pascal and FORTH on a Z80 machine (around 1986).
> 
> >Jupiter Ace.
> 
> No no, this one: <http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_KC85-3.HTML>. I don't
> know where the FORTH thingie came from.
> 
The Ace runs Forth.

Erlo
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