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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-08 20:52:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cyclone.bc.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F30F167.9070302@noplace.com> <3F338EC2.3070002@noplace.com> Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <3e_Ya.69148$It4.36617@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.211.13.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1060401151 12.211.13.75 (Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:52:31 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:52:31 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:52:31 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41268 Date: 2003-08-09T03:52:31+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3F338EC2.3070002@noplace.com... > An OS is a pretty serious project - even if you're looking at an > embedded OS of some sort. If you start with too big an objective, you'll > likely not achieve it. You might try taking some existing OS and porting > it. That would be a good start and might be achievable in a reasonable > time span. There was an RTOS out there written in Ada - RTEMS if I > recall the name correctly... [snip] RTEMS was originally written in Ada. Then a C version was created. Both were maintained in parallel for a while. The C version was better supported, so the Ada version was dropped. GNAT (GNU/Ada) does run on the C version of RTEMS using the Posix interface. I believe you can still find the old Ada sources for RTEMS at www.rtems.com. Bringing the Ada version of RTEMS up to date would be an ambitious project, and very educational I am sure. Steve (The Duck)