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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
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Subject: Re: writing operating systems in ADA
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Date: 21 Oct 89 16:42:01 GMT
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>From article <6991@ingr.com>, by phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson):
> Intel attemped to build an Ada-based machine (using Ada to write the operating
> system) but found that it was pretty much a wash. The restricted lexical 
> elements could not support general languages which used characters not allowed
> in Ada (APL comes to mind - ain't no Thumbnail in Ada).  I do not have any 
> references to the Intel machine, but perhaps someone on the net does.

    However, a joint venture between Intel and Siemens (Biin) has
    has considerably better results: Biin markets multiprocessor
    systems designed for high-performance online transaction processing,
    and their Biin/OS operating system is written entirely in Ada, as
    are most system services.  Reference: 1-800-252-Biin in North America,
    (49) 911 5219 0 in Europe. 


    Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu