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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-19 14:25:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:22:54 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3A68BE3C.BDF6D512@acm.org> References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <947ddu$jpd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A6742EF.D9136D3@adapower.net> <3A6774DA.E999CEF7@acm.org> <3A6777F5.584FC61E@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b8.1c Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 19 Jan 2001 22:24:49 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (WinNT; I) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4222 comp.lang.c++:40803 Date: 2001-01-19T22:24:49+00:00 List-Id: Well, this is not always an attractive solution if the processor you are targeting has a nice, slick, well integrated development kit that uses C. The argument quickly becomes "Then why not just do it in C instead of adding an extra step?" One can argue for the safety features, etc, of doing it in Ada, then running the C into the development kit, but its a really hard sell to make. MDC Jeffrey Carter wrote: > Given the existence of at least 1 Ada compiler that produces ANSI C as > its intermediate language, this is not really a justification for using > C. I'll let STT take over now with details. -- ====================================================================== 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/ "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ======================================================================