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From: Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Low-level programming in Ada?
Date: 8 Aug 2013 21:17:45 GMT
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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a reference (preferably online)
> about low-level programming (e.g. for operating system implementation)
> in Ada.  Not about the language itself, but examples of dealing with
> machine addresses, device registers, page tables, memory management,
> etc., preferably without dropping to assembler more than a tiny bit.

You might like to have a look at the code for my KDF9 emulator, which deals
with similar issues around the representation of hardware structures:

http://www.findlayw.plus.com/KDF9/emulation/emulator.html#About

Have a look in particular at the kdf9*.ad? files.

-- 
Bill Findlay