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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: NT kernel-mode device drivers in Ada?
Date: 1997/06/01
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In article <5mr324$8im@ion1.ionet.net>, mbates@ionet.net (Mike D Bates) writes:
> Could use some help in answering yet another objection to Ada.  Has
> anyone here successfully implemented an NT kernel-mode device driver.
> A FAQ on the subject (http://www.cmkrnl.com/faq.html) says that using
> anything but C for this purpose would be like swimming upstream with a
> brick in each hand.  Can anyone cite experience to the contrary?

I know the proprietor of http://www.cmkrnl.com to be quite expert
in the area of NT kernel-mode device drivers, perhaps more so than
anyone who is not a Microsoft employee.

It is possible you could solicit from him a short "what would it take"
list for reposting here so that we may get a better description of the
bricks.

Larry Kilgallen