From: John Cook <jdcook@tiac.net>
Subject: Re: ada and robots
Date: 1997/05/30
Date: 1997-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <338F5D7D.6C03@tiac.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 338CDA96.53EA@halcyon.com
John Bohn wrote:
>
> I am an Ada student. I have heard that Ada was designed for embeded
> systems, but I haven't heard much about micro controller ada
> programming.
>
> Does anyone know about any examples of the usage of Ada for robots
> and programming micro controllers?
>
> Thank you very much
> John Bohn
If you like ADA, that is, if you enjoy very very verbose code and a very
limited set of vendors then ADA is OK.
However, if you want a small, terse language that is easily expandable,
has been proven for 30 years and has a huge set of vendors that target
the type of small systems a student can afford, look into C language.
I'll admit that its harder to read than ADA but K&R wanted a portable
assembly language with a rich set of operators and minimal constraints
so they invented C, and it works. (And everyone uses it, unlike ADA).
just my $0.02
-John C.-**
--
Founder of Nashua Robot Builders, small computer/robot club in Nashua,
NH
jdcook@tiac.net
http://www.tiac.net/users/bigqueue/others/robot/homepage.htm
Member of the national lawsuit to repeal the Communications Decency Act.
Happy ferret owner.
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1997-05-28 0:00 ada and robots John Bohn
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-05-30 0:00 ` John Cook [this message]
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-01 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-02 0:00 ` John G. Volan
[not found] ` <5mv984$7kn@news.emi.com>
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Martin A. Stembel
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
[not found] ` <9706052229.AA29554@jaguar.nmc.ed.ray.com>
1997-06-06 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-07 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` George Haddad
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` jim granville
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Re(dux): Ada for small machines (was Re: ada and robots) Ken Garlington
1997-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-29 0:00 ` ada and robots Matthew Heaney
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Kenneth W. Sodemann
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-04 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Jan Galkowski
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Albert K. Lee
1997-06-06 0:00 ` dana
1997-06-07 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-10 0:00 ` dana
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1997-06-09 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Erik Magnuson
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-09 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-12 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
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1997-06-16 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-19 0:00 Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 Ada " Huy Vo
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-24 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-26 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-27 0:00 ` nma123
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1997-06-29 0:00 ` John Howard
1997-06-30 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Mattias Sj�sv�rd
1997-07-01 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-07-02 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-04 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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