Re: LLVM--Low Level Virtual Machine--and Ada

[Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>]

On 2007-07-23, anon <anon@anon.org> wrote:

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|"[..] From a old                                                               |
| saying:  Ones Life and Time is way Too Short to waste it. Or you will be      |
| out of work and a has been before you even get started.                       |
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|[..] People                                                                    |
| who will pay for code wants multi-processors code, not  some                  |
| outdated emulator code."                                                      |
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A hobby does not need to generate income. Who would pay for the Ada
frontend to the LLVM if Taft's compiler and C and POSIX are available
for the platform? People still pay for Java.

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|"Programmers need to think 5, 10 and 15 years into the future.  [..]"          |
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8-bit computers are cheaper than 16/32/64-bit computers. More advanced
computers which have resulted from progressive research have not
eradicated all of the earlier machines which are still being produced
in large volumes.

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| does not want to give Microsoft a black eye."                                 |
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People who are not malicious.

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| [..]  But reinventing the wheel has no profit and can                         |
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True, but many supposed researchers actually do reinvent things
without knowing it and without becoming homeless.

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| As for FPGA.  They are like summertime TV just something to pass              |
| the time until ZISC processors are out in force.  Those who use the FPGA      |
| as deciated processors will be OK for the time begin.  But as the ZISC        |
| comes out these programmers will be put out to paster, like a lame            |
| horse.  Not to stud, but to wait for the glue factor.  And for those who      |
| are learning and writting code for the future like ZISC will be the leaders   |
| of tomorrow! Or even the next Bill Gates!                                     |
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Please explain. Why does a market still exist for CPLDs if people who use
FPGAs are okay for the time being?

Regards,
C. P. G.