Re: Ravenscar - program termination

[Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@no.spam.com>]

Ludovic Brenta wrote:

>> Do I understand correctly that Ravenscar programs are by definition
>> running forever? What about programs that are expected to finish?
> 
> Yes, it is my understanding as well, and I'm happy with that.
> 
>     I remember being impressed with Ada because you could write an
>     infinite loop without a faked up condition. The idea being that in
>     Ada the typical infinite loop would normally be terminated by
>     detonation.  -- Larry Wall

:-)

> The Ravenscar profile is specifically targeted at high-integrity
> systems, where infinite loops are, I think, the norm.

Sorry, but I don't see anything in the concept of high-integrity 
software that would make it a norm. High-integrity software is a set of 
quality objectives, whereas infinite loops are (or aren't) part of 
system requirements. These should stay independent, even though I 
understand that expectations for both often come in pairs.

OK, just nit-picking. ;-)
I wanted to be sure that I understand it correctly, thanks.
Still, it looks like I cannot say:

pragma Profile(Ravenscar);

in my Hello World program even though this program meets the objectives 
of the profile. That's not fair! :-)

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