Re: Embedded Processor/Compiler Selection

["Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96" <condicma@PWFL.COM>]

phil.brashear@ACM.ORG writes:
>My standard response to such postings is to remind people of the Ada Compiler
>Evaluation System (ACES), a collection of performance and usability
>assessment tools, including analysis tools for comparing results from
>different configurations and for comparing results of related tests run on
>the same configuration.  If (especially) performance is important to you, and
>you have a pretty good idea of your requirements, then the ACES can be quite
>useful.  It's not particularly easy to use, requiring some time investment,
>but advice is available.  I'd start with the "Quick-Look" facility to cut the
>number of candidates down, then use the full ACES to compare the final 2 or 3
>candidates.
>
    We've used ACES before and the resources at the AdaIC have already
    been helpful in identifying validated compilers. However, I think
    we're more at the conceptual phase of the selection process where
    we are trying to figure out which processor is "right" because of
    market considerations, successful applications, infrastructure,
    etc. When we've more or less figured out where we'd like to head
    from that standpoint, we'll be much more interested in performance
    evaluations, etc.

    Thanks for the tip.

    MDC

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