From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: More Ganssle on Ada
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:32:48 -0700
Date: 2013-01-17T15:32:48-07:00 [thread overview]
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On 01/17/2013 01:20 PM, mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com wrote:
> http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/break-points/4404928/Ada-2012-redux?cid=Newsletter+-+Whats+New+on+Embedded.com
>
> Lots of good answers to good questions. And GNAT is being ported to low-end ARM parts - yipee!
AdaCore's response on when to use C: "Maybe it's a small custom chip for which
the manufacturer doesn't provide anything other than C."
In such cases, there is at least 1 Ada compiler that uses C as its intermediate
language and the C compiler as its back end. In fact, I think AdaCore has such a
compiler, obtained in the merger with SofCheck. This doesn't seem like a reason
to use C to me.
--
Jeff Carter
"C++ is like giving an AK-47 to a monk, shooting him
full of crack and letting him loose in a mall and
expecting him to balance your checking account
'when he has the time.'"
Drew Olbrich
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-17 20:20 More Ganssle on Ada mjsilva
2013-01-17 22:32 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2013-01-18 4:56 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-18 6:23 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-18 15:08 ` Patrick
2013-01-18 23:46 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-19 11:27 ` Dirk Craeynest
2013-01-19 14:19 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-21 12:32 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-21 13:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-21 14:34 ` Patrick
2013-01-21 15:12 ` Britt
2013-01-21 15:52 ` Lucretia
2013-01-24 12:18 ` Andrew Haley
2013-01-24 15:10 ` Lucretia
2013-01-21 22:26 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-19 21:17 ` sbelmont700
2013-01-19 23:29 ` Patrick
2013-01-20 9:05 ` Micronian Coder
2013-01-21 20:05 ` Marc C
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