Re: Moving from 8051 to AVR

Colin Paul Gloster wrote:

> Grant Edwards posted in news:comp.arch.embedded on Thu, 09 Feb 2006
> 15:36:40 -0000:
> 
> "I always thought that Modula-2/3 would have been ideal
> languages for embedded systems: much safer than C."
> 
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Chris Hills posted in news:comp.arch.embedded :
> 
> "In theory  but not in practice."
> 
> Crossposting to news:comp.lang.modula2 and news:comp.lang.modula3 ...
> I am unaware of Modula-2 or Modula-3 being unsafe for embedded systems
in
> practice. Please provide details.

I think perhaps you read too much into the OP. I think he meant it is not
ideal (in practice) rather than it is not safe (in practice). That's how I
read it anyway.

Ian

Ian