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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: ada's interrupts
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scr106@york.ac.uk (Tony) writes:

> as we know we can program interrupt handle in ada program. but does
> anyone know how this kind interrupts work? I mean wheather the
> hardware can trigger the interrupt. as we program one interrupts
> handle in ada, but how it can be trigger? by hardware or software?

With GNAT --

on Linux, "interrupts" correspond to signals.

on Windows -- dunno.

on VxWorks, interrupts are hardware interrupts (well, as mediated by
VxWorks/some GNAT support ..)

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Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.