comp.lang.ada
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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 ....


-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own    




  reply	other threads:[~1999-04-28  0:00 UTC|newest]

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
replies disabled

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox