Re: Ada GC (was about Java VM)

Darius Blasband <darius@phidani.be>
1 Feb 1996 21:43:08 -0500

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From: Darius Blasband <darius@phidani.be>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.ada
Date: 1 Feb 1996 21:43:08 -0500
Organization: EUnet Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
References: 96-01-037 96-01-125 96-01-141
Keywords: Ada, GC

>Absolutely. In many cases, an embedded system might be designed
>such that it uses statically allocated memory at all times. I know of
>people who would have a fit if they couldn't specify memory usage
>at design time.


I could not agree more: all my experience in the field shows that the
customer is glad to pay for more memory, even with a factor 2 or 4 if
one can guarantee static memory allocations, and avoid even the risk
of memory leak or non-deterministic performance.


Even if my personal experience does not apply to Ada in this field, I
would guess that Ada people must use similar techniques. Software is
already more than complex enough as it is, specially mission-critical
one in embedded systems.


Darius
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