Re: Preferred OS, processor family for running embedded Ada?

["Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>]

Two free RTOS I am aware of are RTEMS and MaRTE:
  http://www.rtems.com/wiki/index.php/RTEMSAda
and:
  http://marte.unican.es/

These both work with GNAT.

Regards,
Steve
(The Duck)

"Mike Silva" <snarflemike@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> First a bit of background.  I'm a longtime embedded programmer and a
> dabbler in Ada (I'd use it more if I could get paid for it).  Now I'd
> like to play around with Ada on a single-board computer.  I have no
> particular goals in mind other than to try something "neat".  So, what
> is likely to be the quickest, most foolproof way for me to get from
> here to there?
>
> I'm assuming I'll want an OS on the board for the runtime stuff.
> Would one of the *BSDs or Linux be the way to go?  If so and given my
> intentions, would there be a reason to choose one over the other?  My
> contrary side wants to try a *BSD, but I have no experience in any of
> them _or_ Linux.
>
> And what about processor family?  I was thinking ARM or Coldfire or
> PPC (something in the MPC5xx family maybe).  Again, would there be an
> Ada- or OS-related reason to choose one over the others?
>
> I did ask an abbreviated version of this question at the bottom of
> another thread, but I'm hoping this thread will have more visibility.
> So, is all of this do-able by a mere mortal?  Many thanks for any
> advice!
>