Re: Anyone out there using Ada ?

On Apr 30, 9:40 am, Chris H <ch...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message
<9fb2b6e2-be85-4b86-a46a-9c479903f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike
Silva <snarflem...@xxxxxxxxx> writes

On Apr 30, 9:19 am, John McCabe <j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just as a matter of interest really.

If you're using it on a MIPS device I'd be even more interested :-)

Thanks
John

If you don't get much back on this group the comp.lang.ada people
should be happy to give you their experiences.  I'd like the chance to
use Ada in an embedded project - the tasking is really appealing,
among other attractions.  Maybe someday when C and associated
languages are finally outlawed by enlightened societies as the hazards
to life and limb that they are... :)

The use of C on safety related projects is increasing whist the use of
Ada is decreasing.

My impression it that that the number of projects with an interest in
safety and/or security is increasing. Both Ada and C are used, and
there seems to be recently increasing interest in Ada, reversing the
trend of the last decade. The thing the holds Ada back in the low-end
microcontroller space (e.g. PIC, AVR, MIPS, etc) is the lack of
readily available cross-compilers for these targets. This is
absolutely not due to any technical aspects of the language but just
reflects the market factors of the last several years.

Ada can be (and is) used without a "runtime", or with a minimal
runtime, depending on what the application requires.


However, it is the process that is more important than the language.


Process is more important than language, but choosing a better
language makes it much easier to implement and adhere to a safety/
security focused process.

- Britt
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