Re: GNAT and Atmel AVR Microcontrollers

[Erik Johannessen <erik.johannessen@kongsberg.com>]

karlran1234@yahoo.com (Karl Ran) writes:

> Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message news:<u3d2jujwy.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>...
> 
> > > Most likely no, if there's no Ada run-time library for the Atmel AVR
> > > and its OS (haven't checked this, though).
> > 
> > However, if you are willing to use the C runtime (no tasking, no
> > dynamic allocation, possibly no exceptions), it is not hard to get a
> > subset of Ada working.
> 
> That sounds intresting!
> How much time would it take for a C&Ada programmer to get this mini AVR-Ada
> working?

Sorry, I don't know that, but here is a data point for anyone else who
would like to see gnat on AVR.  About two months ago I built a cross
gnat for AVR.  It appeared to generate correct code for a few simple
examples (I never got around to generate an actual executable).

-Erik
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