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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f849b,2e5bed642ddf5c43,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf849b,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,2e5bed642ddf5c43,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-26 13:55:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: paulrobinson@mac.com (Paul Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded,comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada Embeded System Alternatives Date: 26 Jun 2003 13:55:28 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.35.84.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1056660928 23191 127.0.0.1 (26 Jun 2003 20:55:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jun 2003 20:55:28 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch.embedded:68466 comp.lang.ada:39787 Date: 2003-06-26T20:55:28+00:00 List-Id: I've been assigned the task to provide alternatives and solutions to bringing legacy Ada 83 code to a new embedded system. The new system's hardware, OS and language of choice is fixed (Mercury Computer SBC PPCs, MC/OS, and C). The use of C is not required, however, if a justifiable alternative is presented. The options I see are: 1) Port the code from Ada to C 2) Find Ada compilier for MC/OS PPCs Translating to C gives better tools and vendor support. Using Ada gives more robust code and eliminates translation errors. Has someone pursued any options similar to these on a project before? If so, what did you do, how did you do it, and how was the outcome? Thanks, pauL - Software Engineer Northrop Grumman