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On Friday, April 27, 2012 6:38:10 PM UTC-7, BrianG wrote:
> On 04/27/2012 11:33 AM, mj...igns.com wrote:
> > I want Ada to be as easy to use on smaller, popular 32-bit embedded pro=
cessors as C is now.  And I don't want to have to wait until 202x.
> >
> > And I'm continuously surprised that hardly anybody else seems to think =
this is a goal worth pursuing.
>=20
> I don't think it's an uncommon position here, but how do you pursue=20
> this, and who does the pursuing? =20

Well, looking at ARM alone, they report 16 million processors shipped every=
 day - that's over 4 billion a year.  One would think somebody would want a=
 piece of that development tools pie, especially since Ada is such a nice f=
it with even the smallest 32-bit chips that are becoming like jellybeans.