From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!bu-cs!encore!pinocchio From: knighten@pinocchio (Bob Knighten) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Successful ADA OS development Summary: PULSE: An Ada-based Distributed Operating System Keywords: Ada, operating system Message-ID: <10865@xenna.Encore.COM> Date: 17 Jul 89 21:45:14 GMT References: <19211@vrdxhq.verdix.com> <202@dg.dg.com> Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: knighten@pinocchio (Bob Knighten) Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Organization: Encore Computer Corp List-Id: 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." -- Bob Knighten Encore Computer Corp. 257 Cedar Hill St. Marlborough, MA 01752 (508) 460-0500 ext. 2626 Internet: knighten@encore.com Usenet: {bu-cs,decvax,necntc,talcott}!encore!knighten