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: 103376,2d64ad65e3565357 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-22 17:57:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C9BE11B.23FFDE98@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada for Palm ? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:57:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.204.113 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1016848668 209.86.204.113 (Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:57:48 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:57:48 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:57:50 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21567 Date: 2002-03-23T01:57:48+00:00 List-Id: Samuel Tardieu wrote: > > On 22/03, D De Villiers wrote: > > | Is there a Ada for PalmOS handheld devices ? I just like programmming while > | on the go (even in the swimming pool!) :-) > > Go for Forth instead: interactive language are much more easier to use on > the Palm. > > You could quite easily target a GNAT compiler for the Palm, but it would > run on a different host. Tasking would probably be reduced to a subset such > a Spark, using cooperative multitasking. I think there's a JVM for the Palm, so an Ada-to-Jcode compiler might be an option. -- Jeff Carter "I fart in your general direction." Monty Python & the Holy Grail