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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-17 00:27:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada Date: 17 Dec 2002 08:27:16 +0000 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug.pushface.org Message-ID: References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> <3DF1B042.6603DDDE@easystreet.com> <3DF2A483.EC512CDF@adaworks.com> <8db3d6c8.0212080918.4e0a732@posting.google.com> <3df46fae.5122225@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1040113660 11114 62.49.19.209 (17 Dec 2002 08:27:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:27:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31946 Date: 2002-12-17T08:27:16+00:00 List-Id: alveryg@artisansw.com (Alvery Grazebrook) writes: > Simon Wright wrote in message news:... > > Artisan has Ada support, and is fairly well-known to real-time > > users. As far as I can tell, it's rather fixed in its views; if you > > need lots more control over what gets generated, you'd probably be > > better off using Aonix's ACD via Software through Pictures. > > > The Artisan tool, Real-time Studio has been evolving its Ada code > support. The code-generator is template based, so you can customize > it any way you like. It also includes reverse engineering and what > we call "Synchronization". This is basically a differencing engine > to compare the current state of the code with the current state of > the model, combined with a resolution capability that will > re-generate or reverse any parts that you select based on the > differences. It is very true that Artisan provides you with not just a translation capability but also a specific Ada tailoring (set of templates) and runtime support. If you went the ACD route you would, I suspect, have the fun of doing the tailoring and writing your own runtime. I believe that many larger projects will need to write their own rules and support eventually, but clearly it's best to get a running start.