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,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-31 10:58:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!novia!novia!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-east.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B8FD027.1AFB483@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:58:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.165.20.229 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 999280680 24.165.20.229 (Fri, 31 Aug 2001 10:58:00 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 10:58:00 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12615 Date: 2001-08-31T17:58:00+00:00 List-Id: "M. A. Alves" wrote: > > > If you're building an AdaOS, why not make files that are managed with > > Ada semantics? > > My view is close to that. ADTs. File = persistent (un)bounded array of > storage element (plus user and permission information). Dir = persistent > (un)bounded array of files (plus ditto). But why limit a file to an array of storage elements? Why not persistant unbounded storage pool? Or persistant unbounded tagged classwide type? Or persistant protected object? (Ada already has the concept of a persistant storage mechanism, pragma shared_passive. Why not use that?) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.