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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:38:11 -0400
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, KK6GM wrote:

>> Could emulation running on PC be an option in that area ?
>
> I don't see much advantage to that, outside of a classroom environment. 
> These embedded systems connect to actual hardware, and very often perform 
> closed loop control.  And every situation will be different.  I know I 
> would want to connect real hardware to my real inputs and outputs and 
> perform real, live control, if I had any hopes of selling Ada to the 
> group.

I'll echo this sentiment. Nothing is as convincing is watching actual 
hardware do actual work. Simulated environments definitely have their place 
but at the end of the day I'd want to see a real machine running my code. In 
particular there are often hidden issues that don't appear until you try to 
run on real hardware (or issues that only appear in simulation that just end 
up being distracting). Certainly someone interested in real time behavior 
will want to see how things work on a real machine.

Peter