From: David Starner <dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost
Date: 1999/04/09
Date: 1999-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <370E6473.AD97011A@aasaa.ofe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Apr9.143759.1@eisner
Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> Why some of us don't is that applications drive the operating system,
> and the last successful commercial operating system that was actually
> brand new was probably 16 years ago.
[...]
> Additionally, it seems doubtful the assembled multitude could
> agree on a feature set. File versions, security constraints,
> file naming, hardware platform, etc. are all sufficient to
> bring to the discussion more heat than light.
Well, at least write a new operating system, even if you decide on
making it Posix complaint for compatibilty. Converting the Linux kernel
to Ada seems like an incredibly pointless exersize, worthy only of
language bigots. Writing a new kernel to be faster, more stable, easier
to work and more extendable then Linux, OTOH, is worthy of any hacker.
(Look at Gnome for example. While they had a goal to replace KDE, they
decided to make technical improvements along the way where ever they
could.)
--
David Starner - OSU student - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
If you want a real optimist, look up Ray Bradbury. Guy's nuts.
He actually likes people. -David Brin
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-07 0:00 Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost Bruce MacDonald
1999-04-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-08 0:00 ` Jeffrey D. Cherry
1999-04-09 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-09 0:00 ` Jeffrey D. Cherry
1999-04-09 0:00 ` me
1999-04-09 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-09 0:00 ` bill_
1999-04-10 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-10 0:00 ` Mich
1999-04-10 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` OpenToken project announcement dennison
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost Robert Dewar
1999-04-10 0:00 ` Kevin
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Harry Tanovich
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-10 0:00 ` mike
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Accessing C macro constants from Ada95 Markus Kuhn
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-13 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost Jerry van Dijk
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-14 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-04-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-09 0:00 ` David Starner [this message]
1999-04-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Hans N. Beck
1999-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-12 0:00 ` Bruce MacDonald
1999-05-03 0:00 ` Buz Cory
1999-05-03 0:00 ` Hans N. Beck
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