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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 18:22:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: James Ross Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:23:10 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <1ujq8ucead9v0ofrqlulldsfri3tpln4bu@4ax.com> References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21096 Date: 2002-03-11T20:23:10-06:00 List-Id: On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:48:56 -0500, "Marin David Condic" wrote: >A bootstrap & scheduler that could execute some toy programs would provide >something hobyists could start to play with & provide a starting point for >something that might actually be a product that could be used commercially. >It gets the ball rolling. I agree that the method I proposed is not very attractive because until you have a no kidding Ada kernel then all you have is just YALD (Yet Another Linux Distro) >You want to team up & go tilting at windmills? :-) I may be able to find >some time for a side project. Tilting at windmills.. Hmm, now there is an expression I am not familiar with :) I have been waiting to see if the AdaOS project is ever going to release some code. But apparently, I might be waiting a long time. Sure, I'd be willing to give a go at it, if you mean to just start an alternate project to the AdaOS one? Would it be GPL, BSD, or roll our own? I have a learning curve with Ada 95, OS design, RT design, & x86 protected mode programming... but I am a programmer! :) I did some modifications on a simulator's sub-system that was in Ada 83 some years ago. It ran on a DOS / 286 box in real mode. If I remember correctly the real-time'ness of it was to replace the PC timer interrupt vector (the 18.2 hertz) with it it's own and then the main loop executed certain routines depending on what cycle it was on. I also have substantial assembly experience, but not on Intel/PC. >(Although I've already got a half-dozen or so >going already & none of them making fast enough progress! :-) I know what you mean. I am pretty much in the same category. Besides my personal pet projects that seem to never get done, I also have a day job. My view as far as open source ( GPL'd ) projects is that many people contribute and the burden doesn't lie on just a few people. Also, all development code is released daily (or weekly least), working or not. I don't know how well interactive development is possible on the CVS like at SourceForge, but some sort of web based interactive source code modification / tracking / approval process would be nice. So what's the first step? Presumably, to get a binary executable image out of GNAT without any OS dependency. James Ross