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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,912597791e813f68 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-19 12:26:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: advantages or disadvantages of ADA over pascal or modula References: <3E171612.E4E2972@t-online.de> <3E296128.4183B70A@t-online.de> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:26:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1043007994 144.132.47.50 (Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:26:34 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:26:34 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33217 Date: 2003-01-19T20:26:34+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > I'm a fan of Ada and I'd like to see it used in embedded microcontroller > projects. I think that long term it would be a benefit to such projects, But > until Ada development kits are available at competitive prices and they're > just sitting there on the board manufacturer's development kit, its a really > tough sale to make. Perhaps if someone were to design a nice little > microcontroller board and targeted Gnat to it & provided all the tools > needed, that might be a way to gain some acceptance of Ada in that world. What sort of stuff goes into one of these kits? dale