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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
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Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:42:08 +0100
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Marin David Condic wrote in message <98lc03$23l$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...
>I think that misses the point. The point was to create an environment in
>which students could learn techniques for programming embedded computers.
If
>you give them a PC as the target, it pretty much defeats the whole game
>since it looks just about like any other kind of programming. Especially if
>you give them a PC with some version of MS-DOS or Windoze on it since that
>just about eliminates the need for them to develop their own OS code.

The point is to phase things in. Having MSDOS onboard is nice when you teach
them how to handle interrupts, sampling instruments, snooping the network
card, etc. After they master that is the time to go furter. Don't let them
run into the wall at full speed. Let them learn a bit first, get some
experience.


Greetings,