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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,641660bd28dd798d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-07 20:58:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Embedded Ada Development Tools Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:28:58 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CFBC246.7020201@worldnet.att.net> <3CFE29BB.A7D22E77@NOSPAM.visteon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1023456539 5560 136.170.200.133 (7 Jun 2002 13:28:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Jun 2002 13:28:59 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25498 Date: 2002-06-07T13:28:59+00:00 List-Id: A couple of things: It isn't *that* hard to find people who know Ada & embedded systems. It isn't *that* hard to get someone up to speed enough on Ada to make them productive. All languages have to start from somewhere & obviously people succeed in learning them as they emerge and needs arise to use them, so I don't really see the problem. (Note that things like C# and .Net are emerging and suddenly everyone wants to find people with 20 years of experience working with them. Too bad. You'll just have to *train* them, eh? :-) By your argument, embedded systems should never have gone outside of assembler because someone might learn the "new" language and quit and you wouldn't be able to find people who knew the new language. Yet it has been done over and over again. Fear not - if the need arises, intelligent programmers will learn whatever language is needed to get the job done. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Jason Gerry" wrote in message news:e8a5e1a4.0206060519.ce12ba@posting.google.com... > I agree with most of the information posted.... and.... not to start a > flame war or anything, but could you imagine doing embedded Ada > development within a small project team, and the ada developer was to > leave the company..... Yikes! ... I understand Ada is easier to > maintain, but you still need someone off the street who is adept at > embedded systems programming and Ada coding.... It would keep me up at > night. >