From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-91-241.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Townley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Should light runtimes get more consideration? Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:51:11 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:51:12 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fac810b6781ed6dc4493d9d9b864b91d"; logging-data="3842458"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX192Yjzcfk/zESYYR7UyXBaE0ikS6EMxrd0=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:B3HYC6/klXzRFvhalo8N0jfkOq4= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:65748 List-Id: On 28/09/2023 22:18, DrPi wrote: > Le 28/09/2023 à 22:53, Simon Wright a écrit : >> DrPi <314@drpi.fr> writes: >> >>> Tasking is very limited. For example you can't use >>> timeouts. Never. They propose a workaround but it is complex and not >>> equivalent to a real timeout management. >> >> Not sure what a "real timeout management" would look like? >> >>> I'd like to have a full Ada RTS for embedded targets, like on >>> desktop. >> >> Have you considered using something like a Raspberry Pi? > A RaspberryPi is a computer (based on a microprocessor with an OS), not > an micro-controller. It consumes a lot of electrical power. The OS > (linux) is not real time. It uses a lot of board space. The processor is > a proprietary black box... > Plenty use the Raspberry Pi as a microcontroller -- Chris