From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: GNORT question (was Re: Are un-validated compilers unsafe?)
Date: 1999/04/28
Date: 1999-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7g5ojq$uq5$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7g4uml$6u8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
In article <7g4uml$6u8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
Ada2001 <ada2001@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> Since GNORT is a small subset of Ada 95, would that make
> it significantly easier to build a cross-compiler to
> target simple 8/16 bit microcontrollers?
No, not at all. I am not sure why you think it might ...
> I know the topic of Ada for low-end micros has been
> discussed before in c.l.a and that you see little market
> demand for it.
Actually closer to zero demand.
> However if a SPARK-like subset
> of Ada targeted at the popular Motorola M68HCXX, Atmel
> AVR, or the new Microchip PIC18FXXX architectures were
> available, I think many people would welcome it as an
> alternative to C.
If these many people are willing to accompany their welcome
with sufficient $$$ I think this could certainly happen,
but I doubt that is the case.
It's a pity that no volunteer out there has tried to pick
up one of these ports ....
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-25 0:00 Are un-validated compilers unsafe? Mark Elson
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` GNORT question (was Re: Are un-validated compilers unsafe?) Ada2001
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Are un-validated compilers unsafe? Jim Chelini
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Mark Elson
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