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 10.182.55.99 with SMTP id r3mr20828349obp.8.1424104843775; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:40:43 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.21.146 with SMTP id 18mr289184qgl.30.1424104843709; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:40:43 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!hl2no11920493igb.0!news-out.google.com!c1ni6qar.1!nntp.google.com!j7no950894qaq.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:40:43 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=83.220.238.104; posting-account=0EXciQoAAABnszktho592qzTsx_OoajA NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.220.238.104 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <638970c3-df56-4ab0-a5ff-19277814d435@googlegroups.com> Subject: Ada for the next bare metal project? From: droiddermo@gmail.com Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:40:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1433 X-Received-Body-CRC: 797510163 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24971 Date: 2015-02-16T08:40:43-08:00 List-Id: Hello, friends! I'm going to implement a new project, that needs to run wit= hout operating system on bare metal x86 and x64 processors. And I'm thinkin= g about using Ada instead of C. First of all what compiler should I use (fr= ee one)? Is it easy to use Ada without runtime (that depends on operating s= ystem api)? What language features will I miss? Is there a ready to use bar= e metal RTS, or I need to build my own?