Re: C vs. ada for embeded system

[Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

On Mar 7, 12:23 pm, "abcd" <a...@aa.com> wrote:
> why ada is better of  "C" language  for embeded system?

For me the features which aid embedded systems in particular are:

1. Built-in real-time clock
2. Built-in fixed point numbers
3. Portability
4. Less buggy*

* that's taking an average bunch of engineers who know their chosen
language to a decent level. You can get dummies writing cr*p Ada and
super-programmers turning out bug-free C. Which matches your current
team? Which matches your future team?

The features that are in the 'pro' column for Ada that aren't specific
to embedded systems are:

1. Ranged elementary types (i.e. int and float with ranges that run-
time checks)
2. Built-in tasking
3. No pre-processor
4. Proper arrays (=> proper Strings)
5. Built-in container libraries
6. Exceptions
7. Packages (i.e. proper modules - not faked up with 'guard macros' =>
no unintentional dependencies via '#include')
8. Named parameter association

I could go on...

Cheers
-- Martin