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- From: deatrick@SDFVAX.RC.TRW.COM ("Will Deatrick, 619-592-3535")
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
- Subject: Ada for Small Processors
- Message-ID: <9209021559.AA22344@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 16:53:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ajpo.9209021559.AA22344
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- In one of our DoD projects, each hardware module will have a processor
- that provides Built-In Test (BIT) functionality. The processor does not
- have to powerful, and it should be inexpensive since it will reside on
- every hardware module. The 8031 provides all the capability we need, but
- I cannot find an Ada compiler for it or any other "small" processor.
-
- Have others run into this problem before? Is the only answer an Ada
- waiver, or spending money for a processor with far more power than
- what is needed?
-
- Someone mentioned to me that Ada was not "compatible" with the smaller
- processors. Is there some technical reason why there are no Ada compilers
- for smaller processors, or is it a business decision (e.g. too small a
- market).
-
- Thanks,
-
- Will Deatrick
- deatrick@sdfvax.rc.trw.com
-