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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!reality.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: STM32F4 Discovery, communication and libraries Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 18:19:46 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <60a42dc6-d8d0-4432-ae5a-86de18b82840@googlegroups.com> <5kkrv9hejn2qhdckkeo8lidkbh3bkme1gn@4ax.com> <5b91313c-acf9-4a6e-b157-6ba7c8021567@googlegroups.com> <0513ad07-6fbe-463a-be6f-097cd5113f52@googlegroups.com> <4f1ec65a-d66a-40bf-a0d6-278fde206e70@googlegroups.com> <1cjwzr30b24xy.11kpydntxhfo5$.dlg@40tude.net> <1xrcksk78afho$.xz6vgakq9o4t.dlg@40tude.net> <1cbqqpx46gpl4$.ggt9magmgptm$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1409699988 12012 69.95.181.76 (2 Sep 2014 23:19:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 23:19:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:188812 Date: 2014-09-02T18:19:46-05:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:1cbqqpx46gpl4$.ggt9magmgptm$.dlg@40tude.net... > On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:21:49 +0200, G.B. wrote: ... > Why not? Full Ada 83 ran on 2MB mini VAX, if I correctly remember. Full Ada 83 ran on 256K MS-DOS systems (still does, in fact). Indeed, 64K code, 64K data was enough for programs. (The compiler needed 640K, of course). We had a number of customers using 186 processors this way. Modern processors would need more code memory, but 500K would be plenty. Randy.