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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,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: David Starner Subject: Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost Date: 1999/04/09 Message-ID: <370E6473.AD97011A@aasaa.ofe.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 464567707 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7eg43i$d3b$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <370CC730.4C6112DB@utech.net> <370D7007.2D3AD58B@rocketmail.com> <7el9so$geb@drn.newsguy.com> <1999Apr9.143759.1@eisner> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: SLUG Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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