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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.176.82.11 with SMTP id i11mr5611221uaa.13.1470898520882; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:55:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.29.252 with SMTP id w57mr92568otw.16.1470898520813; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:55:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!c52no8150002qte.1!news-out.google.com!d68ni23737ith.0!nntp.google.com!f6no9032458ith.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:55:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878tw4188m.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=160.46.252.18; posting-account=mOyWBQoAAAD7S-NBmMUOr9hRClcL0vqR NNTP-Posting-Host: 160.46.252.18 References: <31c22983-150c-4dab-abba-588e15f75914@googlegroups.com> <87y44514hl.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> <87twes1v4l.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> <878tw4188m.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3dc315e1-898f-4884-ba37-fd1eb12a4dea@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: New IEEE Language Popularity Ratings From: rrr.eee.27@gmail.com Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:55:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:31378 Date: 2016-08-10T23:55:20-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 2:04:29 AM UTC+2, Paul Rubin wrote: > The typical IOT gizmo has an ESP8266, which is comparable to a Cortex M3 > without the ARM royalties (different instruction set inspired by MIPS). > It runs at 80 mhz and has 128k or so of on-chip ram and there's usually > a megabyte or so of SPI flash on the module. The wi-fi RF stuff is on > the chip too so there's a few tiny analog parts and a PCB trace antenna > on the board, besides the 8266 itself. >=20 > Type ESP8266 into ebay to see how ridicuously cheap this stuff is > (around 3 dollars in hobbyist quantity). Quite a powerful 32-bit cpu > that can run Micropython (micropython.org), Lua (NodeMCU.com), or > Javascript (espruino.com) nicely. It's nothing like a quad core ARM. > Although with the Raspberry Pi Zero at $5 retail, maybe that's coming. >=20 The really determined can also run Ada on ESP8266 https://github.com/RREE/esp8266-ada https://github.com/RREE/esp8266-ada-rts I created the repositories and got a working compiler on my home machine ab= out 4 months ago. Unfortunately my hard disk crached before uploading the f= iles to github. I will have to reinstall my computer and redo the work befo= re actually uploading my files. Be patient or try it yourself. Rolf