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kalvin.news@gmail.com writes:
> For instance the Ravenscar profile provides only limited set of Ada
> features. If 8-bit controllers require more constricted subset, it is
> just fine. The end result is still a language with strict type
> checking etc. that C/C++ lack.

OK, I guess this sounds reasonable, though I thought Ravenscar was
closer to something like MISRA C, basically a subset of C.