From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7fe4e3b6640f7915,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-10 19:47:08 PST Path: sparky!uunet!icd.ab.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!spam!hehir From: hehir@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au (Catherine Hehir) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: More validated ada Message-ID: <2336@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au> Date: 11 Mar 93 02:44:40 GMT Sender: hehir@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au Distribution: world Organization: Statistics, Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide Date: 1993-03-11T02:44:40+00:00 List-Id: >From conway@internode.com.au Thu Mar 11 12:09:57 1993 Return-Path: Received: from wraith.internode.com.au by spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au with SMTP (5.61+IDA+MU/UA-5.26) id AA25472; Thu, 11 Mar 1993 12:09:53 +0930 Received: by wraith.internode.com.au (5.64+1.3.1+0.50/UA-5.23) id AA10573; Thu, 11 Mar 1993 12:09:15 +0930 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 12:09:15 +0930 From: Catherine Conway Message-Id: <9303110239.AA10573@wraith.internode.com.au> To: hehir@spam.ua.oz.au Status: OR We have a requirement to develop some instrument control software in Ada. All of the instruments will communicate via IEEE-488 protocol. We are aware of the existence of instrument driver libraries as a part of UATL (provided by ASSET) however, we would like some feedback from experienced developers as to the success or otherwise of attempts to implement this type of software in Ada. A suggestion has been made to use HP Basic however, we expect the software to be of the order of 15 KSLOC. Since this software will have a long life expectancy we are unsure which path to take. We would greatly appreciate any insights from previous experience. Please send responses direct to conway@internode.com.au. Catherine Conway