Re: Ada and embedded applications

[Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <LTQS6.29382$%_1.5022327@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>, "Chris Campbell" <chris.danx@ntlworld.com> writes:
> Hi,
> 
> On another group a discussion about various languages errupted and it took a
> while to get anything positive out of it(it's started as the old "my language is
> best" debate).  Now the discussion seems to be focussed on distance from
> hardware, like C being relatively close to hardware.  This is largely irrelevant
> background.
> 
> One poster claimed that Ada was not used in some embedded devices because of
> memory overheads for exception handling.  Claiming it was used in embedded
> devices in industries that had budgets that supported it (e.g. the aerospace
> industry).

Efficiency of exception handling obviously varies among implementations,
but I worry about any design that is going to encounter so many exceptions
that their performance becomes relevant.