From: "Brian Gaffney" <brianDOTgaffney@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Ada as a first language
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:42:10 -0500
Date: 2009-04-03T20:42:10-05:00 [thread overview]
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"Tim Rowe" <spamtrap@tgrowe.plus.net> wrote in message
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> Brian Drummond wrote:
>
>> For example if you are interested in robotics you may wish to develop for
>> embedded processors, e.g. to read position sensors and control stepper
>> motors
>> (or BLDC or induction motors, depending how serious you are!) Of all the
>> small embedded controllers, only one family (the Atmel AVR) has an
>> Ada compiler targetting it. (google AVR Ada)
>
> But Ada for Lego Mindstorms is apparently on its way...
How long has that been on the way?
There is also a GCC port for 68HC10/12, which contains GNAT (but no runtime,
and last I looked it didn't advertise Ada as working). I did get it
working, and built some simple programs. Unless it's advanced, I wouldn't
recommend it for a newbie.
--Brian
--Chip away the stone Sissaphis, chip away the stone.
--Make the burden lighter if you must roll that rock alone.
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2009-03-22 2:26 Ada as a first language Chris
2009-03-22 10:36 ` mockturtle
2009-03-22 14:44 ` Brian Drummond
2009-03-23 11:03 ` Peter C. Chapin
2009-03-23 13:29 ` Brian Drummond
2009-03-25 10:51 ` Peter C. Chapin
2009-03-23 16:59 ` rolf.ebert_nospam_
2009-03-24 19:22 ` Tim Rowe
2009-04-04 1:42 ` Brian Gaffney [this message]
2009-04-07 9:50 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2009-03-22 15:21 ` Gary Scott
2009-03-23 8:28 ` Brian
2009-03-23 9:05 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-03-23 22:02 ` Brian
2009-03-24 1:41 ` Gautier
2009-03-24 5:56 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-03-24 22:30 ` Brian
2009-03-25 9:41 ` rmoldskr+usenet
2009-03-25 22:27 ` Brian
2009-03-25 17:58 ` John McCormick
2009-03-25 23:20 ` Brian
2009-03-23 12:08 ` Chris
2009-03-25 21:10 ` John McCormick
2009-04-11 16:40 ` Mike Silva
2009-03-23 23:05 ` jpwoodruff
2009-03-25 0:16 ` Martin
2009-03-25 15:54 ` John McCormick
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1997-07-03 0:00 Ada as a First Language RC
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-16 0:00 ` Eric James DeArment
1997-07-07 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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