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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.40.65 with SMTP id j1mr1211690qae.7.1373288004423; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:53:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.58.242 with SMTP id u18mr502557qeq.23.1373288004402; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:53:24 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.bbs-scene.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!t19no776967qam.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni1559qai.0!nntp.google.com!t19no776965qam.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 05:53:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1847309061394574355.897602rm-host.bauhaus-maps.arcor.de@news.arcor.de> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=129.59.203.98; posting-account=7Oy7OQoAAABhVYFOo553Cn1-AaU-bSfl NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.59.203.98 References: <1847309061394574355.897602rm-host.bauhaus-maps.arcor.de@news.arcor.de> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for ADA From: Eryndlia Mavourneen Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:53:24 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16155 Date: 2013-07-08T05:53:24-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:50:15 PM UTC-5, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > . . . > When writing low level software in Ada, you can set the third bit of > something > by assigning True to a component of a packed array. In C, the main > contender, > you can pride yourself on having mastered C's shifting and masking. > (Problem solving provides for combinatorial exercise already. Why more?) > > . . . > > A reasonably small Ada, therefore, could not > be just like some other language, I think. And don't forget the ability to specify the address of a variable -- Sooo much easier and clearer than using offsets and address arithmetic! -- Eryndlia