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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-04 19:08:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:07:44 -0800 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1041736082 38634 137.194.161.2 (5 Jan 2003 03:08:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 03:08:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32556 Date: 2003-01-04T19:07:44-08:00 I did not write that statement. I did state that the work-around was to = use the ECMA intermediate language. This is how Java and before that UCSD = Pascal facilitated hosting. Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org = [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 9:50 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? One silly idea.. "Robert C. Leif" wrote in message news:mailman.1041664082.19130.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... [snip] Is there an Ada compiler targetted to the chips used by cell phones? PDAs? Consumer robots (beyond the Ada-subset =3D> C for Lego)? Small, cheap, embedded gadgets in general? If so, are there bindings? Funny you should ask. I just purchased a Handspring Visor Platinum (PDA) to replace my Day = Timer. While I'm not planning on writing programs, I was curious as to what's available for development. It turns out the Visor uses a Motorola MC68VZ328 processor, one of the variants of the 68K. You can download a version of gcc that includes = what is needed to program the visor, but the version referenced by = handsprings site uses a version of GCC prior to 3.0 so Ada is not included in the = kit. It may very well be possible to build a new version of GCC targeting = PalmOS (m68k-palmos-gcc). I am not aware of any run-time library support, but = it looks like building GNAT to target PalmOS may not be that difficult. Since I'm not that interested in programming PDAs I don't plan on = pursuing it, but some ambitious soul might. I would be very suprised if ACT = turned down a request from a paying customer. Steve (The Duck)