Re: Is Linux right for Embedded?

[Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <9pfj8a$ebc$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says...
>
>Well, there *are* problem domains in which 5 years represents 10 generations
>of product. :-) You and I may have lots of experience with long-lived
>systems and see the value of Ada there rather readily. For faster product
>cycles, things like maintenance may be less of a concern. But then, so would

I wasn't talking specificaly about maintenance. Just because you have to
*develop* quickly doesn't mean that people won't be trying to use that software
5 years from now. It also doesn't mean that developers won't be trying to use
your sources 5 years from now. In a short-cycle environment reuse of old code
from the previous generation is vital to a project's success. What you don't
want in that enviroment is to find yourself stuck with a language that was
designed to promote *itself*, rather than reuse. 

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