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-Thread: 103376,b1f4420d01b2c4eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsserver.news.garr.it!newsserver.cilea.it!not-for-mail From: Colin Paul Gloster Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: LLVM--Low Level Virtual Machine--and Ada Date: 24 Jul 2007 10:19:22 GMT Organization: CILEA Message-ID: References: <1184730995.862147.208590@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: urano.iet.unipi.it X-Trace: newsserver.cilea.it 1185272362 17596 131.114.52.131 (24 Jul 2007 10:19:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@cilea.it NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Jul 2007 10:19:22 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16589 Date: 2007-07-24T10:19:22+00:00 List-Id: On 2007-07-23, anon wrote: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"[..] 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. | | | |[..] | | | |[..] People | | who will pay for code wants multi-processors code, not some | | outdated emulator code." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"Programmers need to think 5, 10 and 15 years into the future. [..]" | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"[..] | | | | [..] And who | | does not want to give Microsoft a black eye." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| People who are not malicious. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |" | | [..] But reinventing the wheel has no profit and can | | actually leave you alone and homeless." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| True, but many supposed researchers actually do reinvent things without knowing it and without becoming homeless. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |" | | 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! | | | |[..]" | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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.