Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run with a RTOS for running ADA

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Georg Bauhaus" <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote in message 
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> On 11.07.13 00:21, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
>> Sure, that's the 10%: Ada's type system still brings some benefits. IMHO,
>> the package system, private types, exceptions and handling, and tasking 
>> with
>> timeouts and the like are much more valuable. Keep in mind that McCormick 
>> is
>> talking about tiny systems where the *real* advantages of Ada don't have
>> much use.
>
> Customer: These Ada types help a lot! I want them.
> Supplier: You are writing a tiny system. My preferred features
>           of Ada don't have much use there.
> Customer: A Lot of payed embedded work is done making
>           such tiny systems. Are you sure?
> Supplier: Go for another vendor who sells a compiler with Ada features
>           for those tiny systems under a name different from Ada.
>            Thank you.

This last reply isn't accurate. The real reply would be something like:

Supplier: We can put full Ada on such systems, but they always require 
customization. We can do the customization as part of an embedded support 
contract, but they're not cheap.
Customer: Oh. I wanted something free.
Supplier: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!! (OK, I'd probably politely say, can't help you 
with that, thank them, hang up, then laugh hysterially -- or maybe cry.)

                                    Randy.