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,b005456f2e66ff1d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-14 07:26:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!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: A new market in which Ada can play? Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:04:58 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9gagab$m89$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9g7pos$m61$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B279E2A.B23C8907@lmtas.lmco.com> <9g8f08$u3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B27E182.57D69DA1@lmtas.lmco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 992527499 22793 136.170.200.133 (14 Jun 2001 14:04:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Jun 2001 14:04:59 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: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8724 Date: 2001-06-14T14:04:59+00:00 List-Id: They may very well have all sorts of support for Ada. I just did a cursory look over their web page and didn't exactly find it brimming with info on Ada-this, Ada-that and Ada-theother... From what I could see, they have Ada targeted to a PowerPC chip (Hosted on PC/Linux) and they have an RTOS and some development tools. Respectable, but not *specifically* aimed at a Set-Top-Box for Cable TV. The RTOS for a STB has to typically do the usual and customary things - task scheduling, I/O processing, etc. But it also has to deal with lots of specialized hardware and provide some kind of API to do that. Off-the-shelf stuff like Linux would provide a good start - but it would need to have a bunch of stuff added to it before it would work well for a STB. I didn't see Concurrent specifically addressing that part. Maybe they do - just a lack of evidence at this point. Still, as I noted, I'm always happy to see anybody doing anything with Ada - especially if it is in my current field of endeavor, because it makes it more likely that I can find ways to use my favorite programming language. :-) 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/ "Gary Scott" wrote in message news:3B27E182.57D69DA1@lmtas.lmco.com... > Hi, > I do know that Concurrent has been a big proponent of Ada in the past > through their Real-Time division (which merged with Harris Computers a > few years back). We used to use their Ada products to build our > real-time avionics models. Since portions of their VOD systems are > derived from their real-time systems, I assumed (possibly in error) that > they would continue to support and use Ada in that environment. >