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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ingr!phil From: phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: writing operating systems in ADA Message-ID: <6991@ingr.com> Date: 20 Oct 89 16:41:53 GMT References: <16422@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Reply-To: phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson) Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al List-Id: 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. -- Philip E. Johnson UUCP: usenet!ingr!b3!sys_7a!phil MY words, VOICE: (205) 772-2497 MY opinion!