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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: More Ganssle on Ada
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:32:48 -0700
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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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