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Subject: Re: More Ganssle on Ada
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On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:34:36 AM UTC-5, Patrick wrote:
> Adacore writes compilers and runtimes, writing an ARM port is already a p=
art
> of it's core business. There are billions of devices that use ARM, why wa=
it for
> EXISTING customers to move towards ARM, why didn't management start the A=
RM=20
> port 10 years ago so that they could get NEW customers. Why wait until=20
> competing languages have solidified their market-share??=20

I was also puzzled by the answer regarding the ARM port. AdaCore did have a=
 (customer sponsored) ARM port a few years ago (see http://web.archive.org/=
web/20101201035019/http://www.adacore.com/home/products/gnatpro/supported_p=
latforms/ via the Wayback machine) but they eventually withdrew it after th=
e sponsor chose not to use it after all (or so I heard). AdaCore currently =
supports the ARM processor in the Lego Mindstorms robot with GNAT GPL.