From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8623fab5750cd6aa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!transit.news.xs4all.nl!195.241.76.212.MISMATCH!tiscali!transit1.news.tiscali.nl!dreader2.news.tiscali.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in colleges and universities. References: <8765a3auvl.fsf@insalien.org> <8z7xc.25304$Tn6.9723@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> From: Ludovic Brenta Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:12:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87wu2iab10.fsf@insalien.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ftjALEnQtvicFICbNJ7EoIPWbmM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tiscali bv NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 Jun 2004 07:12:03 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.244.72 X-Trace: 1086671523 dreader2.news.tiscali.nl 41761 83.134.244.72:37901 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tiscali.nl Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1227 Date: 2004-06-08T07:12:03+02:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter writes: > Ludovic Brenta wrote: >> At Barco Avionics, it is roughly 85% Ada, 15% C. The C is used for >> some microcontrollers nor supported by the current Ada compiler, but I >> suspect there must be a way to use Ada there too. > > If nothing else, you could use the SofCheck compiler that produces > ANSI C as its intermediate lanaguage. Yes, I am aware of it. The main problems are inertia and DO-178B certification, not availability of compilers. Also, no compiler change can take place during a project; only between projects. -- Ludovic Brenta.