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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,751584f55705ddb7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: adaworks@netcom.com (AdaWorks) Subject: Re: Ada is almost useless in embedded systems Date: 1996/02/23 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140777880 sender: adaworks@netcom10.netcom.com references: <823906039.22113@assen.demon.co.uk> <312B0C22.508B@lfwc.lockheed.com> organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ken Garlington (GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com) wrote: : AdaWorks wrote: : > : > Whatever reasons you may have are not relevant given Ada's record of : > success. : I think that's a little harsh. Certainly with Ada 83 (which was the original : context of the topic), there were problems with using it for certain classes : of embedded systems - some technical, some not. None of them were insurmountable, : but they existed. Well, OK, all right, Ken. I do somemtimes tend to hyperbole. However, the main point is that Ada (even Ada 83) has been used successfully for a large variety of projects, both embedded and non-embedded. While it is true that Ada 83 had its difficult issues (or Ada 95 might have been superfluous), it was possible to overcome these difficulties when they manifested themselves. I wonder if anyone can cite a high-level language that has no difficulties. Regarding your point in an earlier posting about my understating the value of Ada, I plead guilty. My purpose was to summarize what I see as two important contributions of Ada, but with no intention of nullifying any of the other important benefits of the language. Certainly, we each have our favorite features about the tools in our toolset. Richard Riehle adaworks@netcom.com -- richard@adaworks.com AdaWorks Software Engineering Suite 27 2555 Park Boulevard Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 328-1815 FAX 328-1112