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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-04 09:49:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.211.13.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1041702580 12.211.13.75 (Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:49:40 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:49:40 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:49:41 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32534 Date: 2003-01-04T17:49:41+00:00 List-Id: "Robert C. Leif" wrote in message news:mailman.1041664082.19130.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... [snip] Is there an Ada compiler targetted to the chips used by cell phones? PDAs? Consumer robots (beyond the Ada-subset => C for Lego)? Small, cheap, embedded gadgets in general? If so, are there bindings? Funny you should ask. I just purchased a Handspring Visor Platinum (PDA) to replace my Day Timer. While I'm not planning on writing programs, I was curious as to what's available for development. It turns out the Visor uses a Motorola MC68VZ328 processor, one of the variants of the 68K. You can download a version of gcc that includes what is needed to program the visor, but the version referenced by handsprings site uses a version of GCC prior to 3.0 so Ada is not included in the kit. It may very well be possible to build a new version of GCC targeting PalmOS (m68k-palmos-gcc). I am not aware of any run-time library support, but it looks like building GNAT to target PalmOS may not be that difficult. Since I'm not that interested in programming PDAs I don't plan on pursuing it, but some ambitious soul might. I would be very suprised if ACT turned down a request from a paying customer. Steve (The Duck)