From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM
Date: 1997/09/14
Date: 1997-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.874240926@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 341A7D65.46FC@online.no
Tarjei said
<<If there is a new backend will it lend itself to writing code generators
for other architectures? Eight and sixteen bit microcontrollers would be
obvious challenges.
On the other hand; after having done some reading on the 8 bit
controllers, I'm not so sure that any programming language is
particularly suitable for these devices.
At any rate it looks like tasking would be no good. There is not much
context switching that can be done in 128 bytes or less.
However devices like the Z-80 (HD-180) and 68xx should be feasible.>>
No, it will not be at all useful for this purpose, since it is entirely
JVM oriented. On the contrary, gcc itself can most certainly be adapated
for geenerating code on 8 and 16 bit micro-controllers, and indeed there
already exist gcc ports for some 16-bit micro-controllers.
So gcc as it stands is by FAR the more appropriate path if you want to
work on getting GNAT onto small machines. Whether this effort is worth
while for 128 byte machines, you have to figure out. Seems dubious to me!
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-11 0:00 ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Jay Han
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-23 0:00 ` multi-language to JVM compilers? W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-19 0:00 ` translating to Ada, was Re: ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM Tom Moran
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-09-15 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-20 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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