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From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: advantages or disadvantages of ADA over pascal or modula
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Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@t-online.de> writes:

> Stephen Leake schrieb:
> > 
> > Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@t-online.de> writes:
> > Just for comparison, what are the costs for the Modula tools, and what
> 
> $1500 - $2500
> 
> > support do you get for that cost?
> 
> Less. 

Less than what? ACT?

> But - what support is neccessary? The language - one should know.

Subtle points about the language implementation on this processor and
runtime; essential.

> Immediate error corrections - not neccessary if a workaround is
> available. A toolset with very less bugs - expected.
>  
> > GNAT for embedded x86 can be had for free,
> 
> ??? I never seen it. As far as I know, this is only available for
> GNATPRO customers.

Get the source from any gcc mirror, configure it as a cross compiler,
and compile. No problem.

> Which runtime?

There are many that the gcc compiler supports; VxWorks, RTEMS, lots
more (I don't have the list handy; read the source).

> The requirement is HC11/HC12/8051,

I think these are 8 bit machines; you won't get Ada for them.

> TLCS900,Infineon C166

I have not heard of these. Check the gcc source to see if it supports
them; look in config.guess.

> > if you are willing to work without formal support.
> 
> Where? How? I'm very interessted in.

You have to be willing and able to read the sources (Makefiles, weird
shell scripts) and documents (often out of date). But it is possible.

-- 
-- Stephe