Gary Kephart wrote: > Robert Cheetham wrote: > > Raise your hands if you're using Ada to create desk-top applications or > any other non-embedded software - and that's the main part of your job. The majority of what we use Ada for here is real-time applications, but we also do our data reduction software in Ada, using calls to the Xwindow system, and for at least one person I know of here at the lab, that is his main job. The advantages of using Ada for both the real-time and data analysis software are numerous. Shared code and data types come to mind immediately. Regards, Bob -- Robert L. Spooner Registered Professional Engineer Research Assistant Intelligent Control Systems Group Applied Research Laboratory Phone: (814) 863-4120 The Pennsylvania State University FAX: (814) 863-7843 P. O. Box 30 State College, PA 16804-0030 [log in to unmask]