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From: KK6GM <mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com>
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Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:12:34 -0700 (PDT)
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On Mar 14, 5:18=A0am, jonathan <johns...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 11.03.11 16:20, KK6GM wrote:
>
> > > Are you saying that a relative newcomer to Ada can take a board out o=
f
> > > its shipping box in the early evening and be running Ada code
> > > (including tasking - Ravenscar would be fine - and realtime features)
> > > by later that evening? =A0I'd sure like to discover the board and
> > > toolset that allows this, because I'll buy one today. =A0I know this =
is
> > > possible with at least one C/C++ toolset (Rowley Crossworks with its
> > > included tasking library) because I have done it.
>
> I've compiled some more details on the Mindstorm nxt below .. looks
> promising. Maybe it's not quite what you have mind, but tell us what
> we should do to make it closer to what you have in mind.

I'm definitely going to take a look, especially since it is a bare-
board port, and moving to other ARM7 parts should presumably be rather
simple.  I'm a little intimidated at the thought of trying to build
the GNAT tools - never tried that before.  But the benefits would be
great.