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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b9c193e01cab96e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C vs. ada for embeded system References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.16.158.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1236450544 173.16.158.68 (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:29:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:29:04 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:29:08 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4002 Date: 2009-03-07T18:29:08+00:00 List-Id: abcd wrote: > why ada is better of "C" language for embeded system? > Ada was designed for embedded SW. C was designed for writing Unix. Where we have hard data, they show that Ada results in delivery at half the cost and with 1/4 the errors of C, and the errors cost 1/10 as much to correct. (Of course, that's not specific to embedded systems.) -- Jeff Carter "Sir Robin the not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot, who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol, and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill." Monty Python & the Holy Grail 68