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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Ada on Raspberry Pi: new article in MagPi issue 8
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:04:35 +0100
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Luke A. Guest wrote:

> I'm also trying to think of a good project to document in the next
> articles, I have two ideas, but not sure about them. The aim would be
> to show the use of:
>
> 1) packages
> 2) possibly separates for platform dependencies
> 3) GNAT project files & Makefiles
> 4) Representation clauses for mapping to hardware or C API's
> 5) Maybe tasking
>
> Any ideas? It has to have a cool factor. Mine are:

For the "cool factor" (but maybe too large otherwise) one of my
colleagues has an Ada managed phone system running on a Raspberry Pi.
(You can call his phone queue on +45 77 34 34 20, but nobody is
answering yet. ;-)

The source code for the Ada part will be available on GitHub.

Greetings,

Jacob
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