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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f849b,2e5bed642ddf5c43 X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,2e5bed642ddf5c43 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-26 15:04:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3EFB6A17.48E8A2A4@yahoo.com> From: CBFalconer Reply-To: cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net Organization: Ched Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Embeded System Alternatives References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:04:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.90.170.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1056665082 12.90.170.183 (Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:04:42 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:04:42 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch.embedded:68474 comp.lang.ada:39791 Date: 2003-06-26T22:04:42+00:00 List-Id: Paul Robinson wrote: > > I've been assigned the task to provide alternatives and solutions > to bringing legacy Ada 83 code to a new embedded system. > > The new system's hardware, OS and language of choice is fixed > (Mercury Computer SBC PPCs, MC/OS, and C). The use of C is not > required, however, if a justifiable alternative is presented. > > The options I see are: > 1) Port the code from Ada to C > 2) Find Ada compilier for MC/OS PPCs > > Translating to C gives better tools and vendor support. Using > Ada gives more robust code and eliminates translation errors. > > Has someone pursued any options similar to these on a project > before? If so, what did you do, how did you do it, and how was > the outcome? Ada 95 is supposed to be completely downward compatible to Ada 83. There is a gnu implementation of Ada 95 (GNAT) which should be available on any system to which gcc has been ported. So I think your search should involve no more than finding a port of a recent gcc. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer@yahoo.com) (cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. USE worldnet address!