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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-23 10:18:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!cyclone.swbell.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc01.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc01 1051118295 12.234.13.56 (Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:18:15 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:18:15 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:18:15 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62563 comp.object:61699 comp.lang.ada:36422 misc.misc:13611 Date: 2003-04-23T17:18:15+00:00 List-Id: > > and is, designed to permit a programmer to get to a very > > low-level of programming, even to the machine code > > level, if it seems appropriate. > > How many times in your whole life have you done this? > Or known of other people who have done this? > > And how many instances do you know when this > was done by interfacing with C? My first real Ada program used some machine code inserts to control a video capture card. It also used tasking to interact with the user and to control audio capture. No C drivers were available.