Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost

[HNBeck@t-online.de (Hans N. Beck)]

Larry Kilgallen schrieb:

> In article <7el9so$geb@drn.newsguy.com>, me@me writes:
> >
> > Why don't we write a brand new OS in Ada?  It will be all in 100% pure
> > Ada. It will be the most powerfull, most reliable, most flexible,
> > 100% up-time, 24 hrs per day, 365 days per year, and runs on 1000 CPU's
> > without a sweat, a kicks Ass OS, it will mnake Solaris and Linux and
> > the Hurd and VMS and OS390 look like little babies in front of it.
>
> 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.
>
> Windows 2000 brings along the baggage of DOS, which brought along  the
> baggage of CP/M.  VMS brought the baggage of RSX.  AS/400 brought the
> baggage of System 36 and System 38.
>
> 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.
>
> > Why don't we write a brand new OS in Ada?  It will be all in 100% pure
> > Ada. It will be the most powerfull, most reliable, most flexible,
> > 100% up-time, 24 hrs per day, 365 days per year, and runs on 1000 CPU's
> > without a sweat, a kicks Ass OS, it will mnake Solaris and Linux and
> > the Hurd and VMS and OS390 look like little babies in front of it.
>
> Choice of implementation language does not give all those qualities
> to an operating system.  It may make achieving them easier, but it
> does not even guarantee that they are possible.

>

That's right, but if one begin from scratch with another language like C in
view,perhaps there are new ideas for designing a OS, new point of views to
the
problem how manage hardware resources quickly, safe, fault-tolerant (and
other things) to many processes, users, tasks ... Perhaps, from a new Ada
kernel
there come new impulses how Ada is good for, how it can be used as well.
I think, a interesting idea if not used to rebuild the Linux as Linux as it
is now
with the only difference in the language used.

Hans


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