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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cec20777e0d41ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-14 13:58:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada? Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:48:51 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <98op0t$c4g$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3A82EFA2.C8756B09@acm.org> <970ma1$1l7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <98inu2$1fr$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <98kjgv$3j69@news.kvaerner.com> <98lc03$23l$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3AAED3D6.79CEAA7F@acm.org> <3AAFE454.B079E0F1@averstar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 984606557 12432 136.170.200.133 (14 Mar 2001 21:49:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Mar 2001 21:49:17 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5738 Date: 2001-03-14T21:49:17+00:00 List-Id: I'm not sure I'd want to address that particular SBC - it was only an example of the fact that there *are* inexpensive SBCs out there suitable for a lot of things. They just typically come with some version of a C compiler rather than an Ada compiler. Targeting an Ada compiler to the Z-World products may or may not be a good thing. It depends on lots of things - including how "standard" their C compiler is and how popular their board is. Without buying the kit & working with it for some stretch of time, its hard to say if it would be a good target for such an effort. Personally, I think it would be a *better* idea to have a native Ada compiler that produced embedable code for some processor, then find an SBC that used that processor. Gluing an Ada-toC-to-Embedded-Code thing together is just going to ask for trouble and raise the inevitable question of "Why don't I just use C, instead of going through all the extra steps & probably giving up downstream features along the way?..." MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Tucker Taft" wrote in message news:3AAFE454.B079E0F1@averstar.com... > Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > > > Marin David Condic wrote: > > > > > > Just for grins, I plugged some words into Google and turned up: > > > http://www.zworld.com/index.html - you might pay them a visit and look at > > > the cost of their boards/development products. They're advertising their > > > "RabbitCore 2000" development kit for $169. (I'm sure you can plus it up > > > with plenty of options, but that's not a bad starting point, is it?) If > > > there was a little SBC like this with an Ada compiler, I think it might make > > > a good basis for an embedded programming class.... > > > > This looks interesting. Perhaps you could organize a deal between ZWorld > > for this kit, Averstar for their Ada-to-ANSI-C compiler, and an > > interested Ada person like MDC to write some simple compilation scripts > > to hide the C, and still offer it at a price that a student could > > afford. > > Let me know how we could be of help. > > > > > -- > > Jeff Carter > > "I blow my nose on you." > > Monty Python & the Holy Grail > > -- > -Tucker Taft stt@avercom.net http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ > Chief Technology Officer, AverCom Corporation (A Titan Company) > Burlington, MA USA (AverCom was formerly the Commercial Division of AverStar: > http://www.averstar.com/services/ebusiness_applications.html)