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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board?
Date: 20 Aug 2002 06:07:13 -0600
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In article <ajt1ae$1ebok8$1@ID-77047.news.dfncis.de>, Dmitry A.Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Yes, it looked to me as if neither you nor other vendors are convinced that 
> [strange] ARM platform will have any considerable success. Your answer 
> shows that it is true, at least in case of ACT. Exactly this is strange 
> from my perspective. There are lots of Ada ports for PowerPC, there is one 
> even for a radiation-hardened something (:-)). And there is no one for ARM. 
> At the same time no less than 80% of the customers we are dealing with, are 
> using or are planing to use ARM.

> Robert Dewar wrote:

>> The situation with ARM is no different from any other GNAT
>> target, there will be an Ada Core Technologies port of GNAT
>> to the ARM if and only if there is sufficient commercial
>> interest to provide the necessary funding for the technical
>> work involved.
> 
> Yes of course. However note that almost none of our customers will ever 
> show any interest. They know nothing about Ada and even less about ACT.

So why should a vendor believe there is a market for Ada on ARM ?

Certainly there _could_be_ such a market, but vendors must prioritize
on that which will sell.