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,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1db77fbb2768946e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1143c4,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid1143c4,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-03 13:08:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel,comp.realtime,comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3BB69F21.B5AA7451@intercom.com> <9pcvbn$r52$1@xmission.xmission.com> <9pd4s402bga@drn.newsguy.com> <9pfcps$p0l$1@xmission.xmission.com> <9pfeiu$cfr$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pfj8a$ebc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Is Linux right for Embedded? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:07:43 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:07:43 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com linux.dev.kernel:4489 comp.realtime:3955 comp.lang.ada:13688 Date: 2001-10-03T20:07:43+00:00 List-Id: In article <9pfj8a$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. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.