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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6d1607a5397de6b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-02 04:38:39 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <39FDE9E4.35F615A6@netwood.net> <39FE461D.275F1363@ix.netcom.com> <8tmt7o$vbj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39FEFBF8.D62508B8@netwood.net> <39FF8255.20ACC687@acm.org> <3A006EB1.BA1B841F@averstar.com> <3A007746.E656E341@netwood.net> <3A00E427.70D5E7C@acm.org> Subject: Re: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 12:38:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.69.212 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 973168718 216.215.69.212 (Thu, 02 Nov 2000 06:38:38 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 06:38:38 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1716 Date: 2000-11-02T12:38:38+00:00 List-Id: "Jeff Carter" wrote in message news:3A00E427.70D5E7C@acm.org... : Ken Garlington wrote: : > Actually, there is an Ada compiler for the SHARC, and apparently more than : > one Ada compiler that can generate C code compatible with TI DSP processors. : : Wasn't it a Tartan Ada compiler for a TI DSP that produced smaller and : faster code than hand-optimized assembler in the famous "Ada beats : assembler" article? Yes, and in theory you can still buy that Ada83 compiler from TI (which bought that part of Tartan). However, I don't get a good feeling as to the level of support.