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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-22 03:18:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin-145-254-045-242.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail From: Dmitry A.Kazakov Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:25:08 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0208201029.3e4b09e@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0208211134.331069@posting.google.com> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-145-254-045-242.arcor-ip.net (145.254.45.242) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1030011508 49373291 145.254.45.242 (16 [77047]) User-Agent: KNode/0.4 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28310 Date: 2002-08-23T00:25:08+02:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > Dmitry A.Kazakov wrote in message > news:... > >> True, but should not it? From my point of view it could be a very good >> time for Ada there. People are starting to use multitasking, wireless >> communication etc in their embedded systems. To have a 32-bit controller >> is no more cosidered too expensive. Shouldn't we use this situation? > > Sounds like you believe this is a great business opportunity > So why not persue it? Because we are not a compiler vendor firm. Don't you agree this area requires some know-how, which cannot be gained in 4 months [an average duration of our projects]? If *you* do not believe that Ada is [best] suitable for embedded applications, then, well, Ada is lost. -- Regards, Dmitry Kazakov www.dmitry-kazakov.de