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: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-20 07:59:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D625973.C5310873@san.rr.com> From: Darren New 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: Ada-inspired OS/Language References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:59:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.148.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1029855566 66.75.148.61 (Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:59:26 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:59:26 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28247 Date: 2002-08-20T14:59:26+00:00 List-Id: Ryan wrote: > "BRiX, unlike other modern operating systems, does not use hardware to > isolate and protect applications from each other. This is how the Burroughs B-series computers worked. Of course, one problem is that it completely eliminates the ability to use any legacy code in any legacy language. You have a chicken-and-egg problem, except you have neither chickens nor eggs to start with. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Try our EbolaBurgers... So tender they melt in your mouth.