Re: NOACE- End of the road for Ada?

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
> However, there is a problem of acceptance. People want C. Even more they
> want C#. Lots of projects are doomed to fail before they change their
> minds...
> 
Yeah, but...

The biggest reason that the Simulink modeling crowd wants C is because 
Simulink generates C. The modelers themselves don't really care so long 
as the model executes. But once you've got the C code, the incentive to 
use ANYTHING ELSE for the production control starts asymptotically 
approaching zero.

Matlab/Simulink are the 800 pound gorilla in this market. They tend to 
define what happens even with their competitors. People want to be 
compatible with Simulink so guess what THEY all generate? That's right. 
C code.

If there was an Ada-ish Simulink-like modeling tool that incorporated at 
the design level a number of Ada-isms that helped support the modeling 
effort, it would be far more natural to generate Ada code to run the 
model and then guess what? The incentive to use the Ada code for the 
embedded control target starts becoming unbeatable. But you MUST have a 
BETTER modeling tool - it can't just be a Simulink clone or nobody will 
want to abandon the market leader for your product.

MDC


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