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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.205.138 with SMTP id fq10mr27733005qab.1.1372704321220; Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:45:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.106.50 with SMTP id gr18mr913122igb.1.1372704321180; Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:45:21 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!y2no22110qax.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni507qai.0!nntp.google.com!y2no22109qax.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 11:45:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=108.90.156.221; posting-account=qZVz2QoAAAAN9WxYp-9jYb7jORc4Zqwt NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.90.156.221 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <31f9819e-6509-4d67-acea-4d2ba9a96c04@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for ADA From: mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com Injection-Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:45:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16023 Date: 2013-07-01T11:45:20-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, June 17, 2013 2:46:47 PM UTC-7, Marcus F wrote: >=20 > I'm looking around, and I have to ask: Why is it so hard to find informat= ion on getting started with embedded ADA? >=20 >=20 >=20 > If I search for "Getting started with C on embedded devices" I find instr= uctions that would have me up and running in no-time, but so far I haven't = been able to find any kind of guide, tutorial, or barely even suggestions. >=20 >=20 >=20 > It's not strange that people new to embedded systems are looking to C and= other languages, they can easily find information about it and get started= quickly. Crazy, isn't it? I'd love to get bare-board Ada on modern embedded ARM har= dware, but it's just not there, and I'm not qualified to make it happen mys= elf. Nearly 10 billion ARMs sold last year, and no Ada toolset, certainly = not for one without deep pockets. I despair.