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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,71d1fdde81c072f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: Computer Programming for Everybody? Date: 1999/09/27 Message-ID: <37EFEA0F.9DEE5C14@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 530048774 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <7rbkm4$pn6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7rikv9$ibg3@ftp.kvaerner.com> <7rjceh$92t@dfw-ixnews15.ix.netcom.com> <37DED9FE.9A882C2C@mitre.org> <7ronav$shf@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <37E92BB5.3C2DB9BB@mitre.org> <7sofoo$8d2@dfw-ixnews19.ix.netcom.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: e108678@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Richard D Riehle wrote: > even though their relative number has diminished. Assembler is > especially critical in the world of microcontrollers where Ada has > no significant role. For example, I-8051 programmers continue to > prefer Assembler (sometimes Forth) over C for serious projects. These > microncontrollers are increasingly finding their way into safety > critical software applications. It would be nice if Ada would play in the world of microcontrollers. We've had a little prototype job going on around here using the MC68HC16 which is being done in assembler. I'm pretty sure we have a C compiler around here somewhere that addresses this chip, but it's not my project, so I don't know for sure. Assembler usually gets used in these areas because there are no other choices. I don't know if full-blown Ada could be conveniently targeted to this processor (tasking too difficult?) but even a scaled back subset would be better than the yards of assembler currently being written for this and similar chips. Assembler vs Ada is almost no contest when comparing error rates and Ada would definitely be an advantage in our microcontroller projects. Especially when you consider the potential cost of fielding a unit that contains a spooge in the code! ;-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/