From: tconiam@aol.com (TConiam)
Subject: Re: Can Ada by popularized faster ?
Date: 1997/10/30
Date: 1997-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19971030031701.WAA19264@ladder01.news.aol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3451FB80.CA0179F1@montana.campus.mci.net
>Dave Wood wrote:
>
>> 4. The AmigaOS was written in (I think) B, or BPL,
>> or something like that. The OS was quite wonderful
>> and well ahead of its time as a desktop OS. Didn't
>> do much for the underlying language, though.
>
>As I recall, the kernel was written in BCPL, which was a cousin of C, I
>think (both derived from B?). The windowing system and other outer
>layers were written in C. (I think the kernel was written in England
>while the rest was done in America)
Yes, Amiga DOS was written in BCPL (precursor? of B) in England and the Amiga
Workbench was done in Motorola 68K assembly (now there's a processor, no silly
segments and such) and partly in C in the USA.
The "Kernel" was mostly hand coded assembly it think, while the libraries were
in C.
This all just goes to show that superior technology like the Amiga (high res.
color graphics, preemptive multitasking, sound, coprocessors, etc.) can be
seriously wounded by bad marketing and lack of exposure.
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-16 0:00 Can Ada by popularized faster ? William A Whitaker
1997-10-25 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-10-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-10-25 0:00 ` Larry Elmore
1997-10-30 0:00 ` TConiam [this message]
1997-10-31 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-10-26 0:00 ` John Black
1997-10-27 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-10-28 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
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1997-10-13 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-10-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Paul H. Whittington
1997-10-13 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-10-13 0:00 Peter Hermann
1997-10-13 0:00 ` the_walrus
1997-10-09 0:00 safetran
1997-10-10 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-10-10 0:00 ` Kenneth W. Sodemann
1997-10-10 0:00 ` No Spam
1997-10-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-10-12 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-10-13 0:00 ` Andrzej Lewandowski
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