<div dir="ltr"><div>> But modern embedded controllers can be 64-bit RISC chips with a few</div><div>> gig of RAM. They are not your grandad's AVR Atmegas.</div><div><br></div><div>I like that statement! 😊</div><div><br></div><div>And shortly we will have 128-bitters with many gigs of RAM and we will still be programming them. AND also in Ada. 😊</div><div><br></div><div>But in all seriousness Liam. I do not mean to offend you. It is just that I found that on the present job the AVR - Ada combination reduces my foot print / cost by 75 % (roughly) with the same throughput as a "modern" embedded solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy C++</div><div><br></div><div>Jan.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Liam Proven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 13:18, Andreas Pirklbauer<br>
<<a href="mailto:andreas_pirklbauer@yahoo.com">andreas_pirklbauer@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Ada is well designed language (in the spirit of Pascal), but it is<br>
> also a big language.<br>
<br>
</span>Not compared to modern C++, say!<br>
<br>
Or if you factor in all the libraries, any modern HLL such as Perl or<br>
Python or Ruby or perhaps above all Java.<br>
<br>
Compared to them, Ada is tiny and concise.<br>
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> As far as I am aways, it not used much<br>
> anymore today, except, perhaps, in some niche areas.<br>
> The military used it for safety-critical applications.<br>
<br>
</span>It's also widely used in civilian roles such as aircraft control<br>
systems. Any fly-by-wire jet is running loads of Ada.<br>
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> I am not aware whether it is used for any real-word *embedded*<br>
> applications. Due to its size and limited support I doubt it.<br>
<br>
</span>As above. Inasmuch as it's hidden inside control systems, with no<br>
visible UI, then I'd count stuff like avionics as embedded. Perhaps<br>
that's not typical.<br>
<br>
But modern embedded controllers can be 64-bit RISC chips with a few<br>
gig of RAM. They are not your grandad's AVR Atmegas.<br>
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