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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cc9d51d301f523ef X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-16 19:24:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!peer1.news.newnet.co.uk!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!Quza.UK.peer!nntp.gblx.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Subject: Re: Newbee question From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <3DFB9067.2040600@acm.org> <0dRK9.37601$xH3.400905@weber.videotron.net> <3dfda848.4482755@news.demon.co.uk> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:24:27 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.52.70 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1040095478 80.195.52.70 (Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:24:38 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:24:38 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31938 Date: 2002-12-17T03:24:27+00:00 List-Id: On 17/12/02 02:36, in article Y4wL9.17854$C32.275536@weber.videotron.net, "Eric Robert" wrote: > Well... Not that long ago: On some new PIC18FXX microprocessors with about > 10 time less memory. You say: within 8us... sounds impressive... Wow! I'm > impressed! -- It depends on what you have to do and it depends on your clock > speed! 8us is really bad on some microprocessors. So, state your CPU and its > clock to get me the impression that 8us is impressive. But please... don't > try to impress newbees like me ;-) Did you even read the post you replied to? It said: >> In fact it is very good where CPU & resources are critical. When was >> the last time you built a system in C++ based on a Mil-Std-1750A >> processor (1.3MIPS) using 48kBytes of RAM and requiring an action to >> be performed in response to an interrupt within 8us? > I guess my point is Ada is 'restrictive' (NOT more readable -- Why is that?) (a) Wrong and (b) wrong. Do you have any constructive purpose in posting here, or are you simply trying to be disruptive? -- Bill-Findlay chez blue-yonder.co.uk ("-" => "")