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Subject: Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run
 with a RTOS for running ADA
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Date: 2013-07-09T08:38:39-07:00
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On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:51:39 AM UTC-7, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 17:27:11 -0700 (PDT), mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com
>=20
> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
> > And these micros continue to have those memory-mapped hardware register=
s,
>=20
> > and those of us who program these chips deal with those registers all t=
he time.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> No technology ever dies, it becomes niche. Ada's advantage in the niche i=
s
>=20
> minimal. Its advantage on mainstream SBCs is potentially huge.

But the difference is that nobody is arguing that Ada is not suitable for S=
BCs.  However, you are dismissing Ada on microcontrollers, of which tens of=
 billions are sold each year (big niche!).  You are making this an either/o=
r question, which it most certainly is not.  How is it that you have been a=
ppointed to determine where Ada can be beneficial, and where it cannot?