Re: Successful ADA OS development

[knighten@pinocchio (Bob Knighten)]

D. Keefe, G. M. Tomlinson, I. C. Wand and A. J. Wellings,
PULSE:  An Ada-based Distributed Operating System
Academic Press, 1985  [ISBN 0-12-402970-1]

From the Preface:

  "The PULSE distributed operating system was developed as part of a research
programme in distributed systems carried out in the Department of Computer
Science at the University of York during the period October 1979 to October
1984.  Out initial efforts included the study of alternative methods of
distributing the UNIX operating system on several microprocessors connected by
a fast local area network such as the Cambridge Ring.
...
  "PULSE is one of the first projects to use Ada to implement an operating
system.  In this book we discuss the influence that Ada has had on its design,
describe the structure of PULSE in detail and report on our experiences in its
construction.  The book is aimed primarily at workers in the field of
distributed systems, especially those who may in the future consider Ada as an
implementation vehicle."

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