Re: Ada Run-time for embedded systems

[l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE)]

CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM wrote:

: I don't know how y'all would like to define what an "embedded"
: system is, but I'd say that if it has a screen, QWERTY keyboard
: and a mouse, we're _probably_ not talking about one.

"Probably" is right! The Automated Target Handoff System in the AFTI/F-16
aircraft has a screen (head-down display), an alpha-numeric keyboard (for
sending messages to the target designator on the ground), and a mouse (a
cursor slew on the stick). A user interface is _not_ a determinant of
"embedded." Furthermore, "Embedded" and "Real-time" have nothing to do with
each other.

: Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer    ATT:        407.796.8997
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Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com
F-22 Computer Resources         Lockheed Fort Worth Co.

If LFWC or the F-22 program has any opinions, they aren't telling me.