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: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-15 11:26:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14eed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C9249ED.45CD8ED2@attbi.com> From: Mark Biggar X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-{C-UDP; EBM-SONY1} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C8F5D44.2E2E2EE7@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.235.88.57 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1016220366 12.235.88.57 (Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:26:06 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:26:06 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:26:06 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21306 Date: 2002-03-15T19:26:06+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > A straight copy of *anything* in some other language into Ada seems to be > mostly a waste of time & a bad idea. If it doesn't do things The Ada Way > utilizing what is best in Ada, then it won't benefit from Ada. That, and why > bother since the existing application already exists and a duplicate in > another language just seems like the work of the Department of Redundancy > Department. I don't know, a reimplementation of Multix in Ada, suitably tweaked to the "Ada Way" would be a really interesting project. -- Mark Biggar mark.a.biggar@attbi.com