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: 2002-09-06 17:23:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pc-62-31-50-169-cr.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail From: nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk (Nick Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:23:18 GMT Organization: AdaOS Message-ID: <3d793f8c.503399757@news.cis.dfn.de> References: <3D628304.3040506@cogeco.ca> <3d6e9cb6.75108980@news.cis.dfn.de> <3D78E66E.983D7B51@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-62-31-50-169-cr.blueyonder.co.uk (62.31.50.169) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1031358187 59569554 62.31.50.169 (16 [25716]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28765 Date: 2002-09-07T00:23:18+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 10:31:26 -0700, Richard Riehle strongly typed: >Nick Roberts wrote: > >> By the way, there is a simple overview of AdaOS now available at >> >> http://www.adaos.net > >The architecture looks pretty good. Hope you can bring >it to completion. Thanks, and I shall try. >One comment. I am concerned about calling it AdaOS. At >present, anything with the name Ada in it is likely to be >ignored by the larger audience you would hope to gain. > >The published product would do well to stand on its own, >support languages besides Ada, and have a name that >makes Ada less of an explicit issue. In time, people >concerned with the technology will realize that it is >written in Ada, while those who simply want to get >some work done will use it without any knowledge >of its underlying implementation. I rather agree with you. AdaOS was originally named 'Alguinntar', which was perhaps not the most inspiring name! Shortly after the project was formed (in 1999), the members (then about 15) had a vote on the name, and the overwhelming majority voted for 'AdaOS'. In fact, there are some advantages. Occasionally someone will ask "Is that AdaOS as in the Ada language I've heard of somewhere?," and this naturally gives me the perfect ouvre for my (now polished ;-) 'sales' spiel about Ada. In fact, nearer the time, what I might do is to invent various 'marketing' names for different releases of AdaOS. How many names does Linux have now? I intend to implement a judicious selection of other languages on AdaOS. For example, SQL3 or OQL for the database engine, and a C compiler. Maybe a JVM. >Meanwhile, if this project gets to the point where we can >see it becoming a reality, some of us ought to get busy >writing applications for it. The only way it will become >popular is if real people use it. Those real people will >need spreadsheets, word processors, etc. Absolutely. AdaOS will be an object-oriented OS. This will provide a framework for componentware, which I am sure is the key to getting sophisticated application software out there without going through the classic heavy programming cycle first. I am not certain, but if AdaOS is based on CORBA 3, the opportunity will be there for the direct import of COM components. Now we all know how reliable typical COM components tend to be ;-) but this could be handy. -- Nick Roberts