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: 103376,43bbbb97dfcef0f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: A (hopefully) interesting question... Date: 2000/10/06 Message-ID: <39DE0BCA.E538D965@acm.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 678368759 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <970752964.3710.0.nnrp-10.d4f021c1@news.demon.co.uk> <39DC99B7.C1B573B0@maths.unine.ch> X-Accept-Language: en X-Server-Date: 6 Oct 2000 17:29:02 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Quadrus Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-06T17:29:02+00:00 List-Id: Gautier wrote: > OK, but why not just use... Plaf - ouch! Yup! I've been hit by the same stick myself. However, it is good to remember that when you start talking about embedded computers, you may be in a situation where there just isn't an Ada compiler targeted to the board you have or you lack suitable tools to do it that way for the particular product at hand. Practical choices have to be made sometimes and sometimes C wins as a result. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Giving money and power to Government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -- P. J. O'Rourke ======================================================================