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From: nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk (Nick Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:53:42 GMT
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:36:46 +0100, "chris.danx"
<spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com> strongly typed:

>Nick Roberts wrote:
>
>> Currently, I plan to write 'native' device drivers (in Ada) for AdaOS. I
>> intend to go to the original hardware documentation wherever posisble, and
>> write the drivers properly. I don't think it's unfair to suggest that most
>> device drivers (even commercial ones) tend be of remarkably poor quality.
>> 
>> Nevertheless, it would be really handy to provide compatibility layers that
>> would allow existing device drivers to be used. At some stage, maybe we
>> will have a go at this.
>
>What about UDI?
>
>It's not the most Ada thing in the universe but it's all about reuse, so 
>perhaps it's worth considering?

I have studied UDI in detail. It is completely based on the C language, and
so is unusable for us in that form.

However, it might well be a very promising initiative for me (perhaps as
part of a wider collaboration) to create (and agree) an Ada binding for
UDI.

-- 
Nick Roberts