campbell@cc.usu.edu (Russell Anderson) (05/09/91)
I have heard comflicting claims about the best language to use for programming the Transputer. The Occam camp claims that they have a simple solution and is less likely to have errors. And yet I see many users that write programs in C or other languages. If you don't need to support existing software written in a particular language what is the best language for an embedded application. I also don't care about sharing the processing load among several processors. My application will only use a single processor. Peripherals might be connected, but the processing will still take place on a single processor. I have heard statements that I should not use Occam because I have to give up data abstraction, pointers, structures etc. I have also heard that Occam is guaranteed (?) to provide a more accurate solution. If the Occam program is not right it will not execute incorrectly, it just stops. I would mainly like some more feedback from this user community as to the best approach. Is Occam going to last? Is it going to adapt and convert into a more mainstream approach? What is the best language to use in the long term? I will post the results. Russell Anderson Campbell Scientific 815 W. 1800 N. Logan, Utah 84321 (801) 750-9622 email: campbell@cc.usu.edu