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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f849b,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-Thread: 101b33,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid101b33,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: Ken Keys Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/18 Message-ID: <36A37219.72198FBE@west.raytheon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 434065856 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Raytheon Missile Systems Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java,comp.java.advocacy,comp.realtime,comp.arch.embedded,comp.object,comp.lang.java.programmer Date: 1999-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Matthew Heaney wrote: > This is a weak argument. The Ada front end marketed by AverStar > (formerly Intermetrics) emits human-readable C code, and therefore you Well it is readable by a C compiler. "Human-readable" is another matter. > can use it where-ever there's a C compiler available. If you want a Not necessarily. There are, for instance, C compilers available for certain 8 bit micros where not every program that can be compiled can be run on the target. Writing a program that will actually run requires some concessions on the part of the programmer. The Ada translator, not being aware of these concessions might not emit C code which can be compiled into a runable program. Moreover, it could not be considered a validated Ada implementation if the target didn't have enough resources to support the full spectrum of Ada language features. KLK