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Subject: Re: Adapting an Ada compiler to generate 8051 code (Again?! ;-)
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On Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 11:56:35 AM UTC+2, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2021-03-30 11:04, mockturtle wrote:=20
>=20
> > for a project related to a possible start-up, we need to program a Flas=
h controller that has a 8051 core (as many other controllers). I would like=
 using Ada for that, but I discovered (also by browsing c.l.a.) that there =
is no Ada compiler producing 8051 code.
> I think the efforts would be better invested in recycling all existing=20
> 8051 cores. Make the planet greener! (:-))=20

That could be a nice idea, just maybe a bit out of my reach :-)

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> Honestly, there is little useful one could do in 64K. Remember what one=
=20
> famous thinker and epidemiologist said about 640K? [640K is 10 times=20
> more than 64K

Well, old ZX Spectrum with its 48K RAM extension (I and my brother said whe=
n we extended the RAM: "What are we going to do with all this memory?" :-D =
) used just 64K and you could do nice stuff.  The first release of Turbo Pa=
scal (editor and compiler integrated) was a .COM, limited by design to 64K.

I agree that it is easier to work without this limitation, but also the job=
 of a flash microcontroller is not very complex.

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> --=20
> Regards,=20
> Dmitry A. Kazakov=20
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de