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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f3171427030a87b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-26 18:38:27 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone-west.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Lao Xiao Hai Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada compiler for microcontrolers ? Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:34:16 -0800 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3A495528.A929050F@ix.netcom.com> References: <00c701c06c6d$a7c1b9a0$347a97d4@d1> <01HW.B66B08C3016F43480541934C@news.pacbell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.35.b3.bb Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 27 Dec 2000 02:37:24 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3399 Date: 2000-12-27T02:37:24+00:00 List-Id: David Kristola wrote: > > > Since you asked for an opinion... I would love to see an Ada subset > compiler for various microcontrollers. I even thought it would be > an interesting project to work up such a compiler for my Lego RCX. > However, i just don't have the time, and there are a few other > projects on my list ahead of this one. > > Ada2nqc and NQC might be a starting point. I think NQC's compiler > is available in source form. It might be possible to merge the > two compilers together to go directly from an Ada subset to the > RCX byte code. > Check out the recent issue of Ada Letters (from ACM SigAda) for an interesting article about Ada for the Lego RCX. This project was completed by one of Martin Carlisle's students at the US Air Force Academy. Richard Riehle