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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6413b417b806eb28 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Jeffrey D. Cherry" Subject: Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost Date: 1999/04/09 Message-ID: <370E1E56.A8ACF769@utech.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 464465496 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7eg43i$d3b$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <370CC730.4C6112DB@utech.net> <370D7007.2D3AD58B@rocketmail.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: 923672183 201 (none) 206.61.179.81 Organization: Logicon Geodynamics MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Corey Ashford wrote: > > "Jeffrey D. Cherry" wrote: > > > > Bruce MacDonald wrote: > > > > > > I have been casting about trying to find out if anyone is rewriting the Linux > > > kernel in a high level language, such as Ada. > > > Is anyone else interested in a project like this? Would the Intermetrics C2Ada > > > tool be the appropriate starting place for this project? > > > > I'd be interested ... sounds like fun. I'm not sure about the C2Ada > > tool since I have no experience with it myself. However, I don't see > > how it could hurt and at the very least would automate at least a > > portion of the process. > > > > I'd like to ask what the long-term goal of this would be? > > Without a considerable amount of work, I don't know how you'd keep the Ada kernel > up with the C kernel. About the only way that would happen is if you could convert > Torvald and his groupies to use Ada, and the chances of that are about nil at this > point, don't you think? > > - Corey Corey, I can't speak for anyone else, but for me the goal would be just to do it. I think it would be both educational and a good experience. I agree that it is unlikely to convert Torvald and his fellow programmers from their C base to Ada. Personally I have a lot of respect for that group and wouldn't want to change a good thing. I view the project as imitation being the most sincere form of flattery. Regards Jeffrey D. Cherry Logicon Geodynamics