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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,677963b1aa23e668 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!bnewspeer01.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewspeer00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial project? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <7d308b7b-51d7-4c93-85c8-eecb40f843d0@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <88bf5879-c58e-4ae1-ad9e-e2b6a48729fe@34g2000pru.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:07:43 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Mar 2011 15:07:43 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 87c18d24.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=7CdY3X1@?Pc[F<50eo:0knic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa<`=YMgDjhgbXeEk@>I_9Lh[6LHn;2LCVn7enW;^6ZC`d\`mfM[68DCc9l`2:BZ^S[` X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18169 Date: 2011-03-14T15:07:43+01:00 List-Id: On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:41:43 +0100, Yannick Duch�ne (Hibou57) wrote: > Le Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:15:22 +0100, KK6GM > a �crit: >> IMO, if an embedded engineer can try out Ada's tasking and realtime >> features on a typical piece of hardware, they'll be sold. But there >> seems to be no easy way to make that happen, and it needs to be easy >> or they won't bother. > Could emulation running on PC be an option in that area ? It is. PC runs all sorts of models. Problems arise when models need to be ported to the target platform. You cannot emulate the target because of the sensors and actuators attached. Often a "by-pass" is used to access them. E.g. you use the target board only for I/O, the control loop runs on another, more powerful board (but still not a PC, because cycles are very tight). Ada's portability has a huge potential here. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de