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,ac55ec18f7b0a53c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-06 04:18:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris Campbell" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada and embedded applications X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:14:13 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.144.40 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 991825997 62.252.144.40 (Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:13:17 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:13:17 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8222 Date: 2001-06-06T12:14:13+01:00 List-Id: > : One poster claimed that Ada was not used in some embedded devices because > of > : memory overheads for exception handling. Claiming it was used in embedded > : devices in industries that had budgets that supported it (e.g. the > aerospace > : industry). > : > : Is this correct or is it rubbish? > > Rubbish. > : Also does exception handling in Ada really > : have a large overhead? (This is probably an implementation issue but is > their > : anything in the language that makes exception handling bulky?). > > Not for most of the embedded Ada code I've written. Maybe this posters views where based on the fact that the last time he used Ada was in 1983 and it was a Janus compiler (i.e. Ada was relatively new and compiler technology less advanced than it is today). Chris Campbell