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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b49eb681f9f40b59 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: OS in Ada Date: 1999/03/06 Message-ID: <7brerq$gb9$3@plug.news.pipex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 451898521 References: <7boa3e$1nc$1@ffx2nh3.news.uu.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: UUNET WorldCom server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNET WorldCom) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Amusingly, I am, in fact, planning to do almost what William V suggests (except with a better OS design :-) except that I'm only going to create: a kernel; some other bits of low-level software (including an Ada/C++ compiler). Even that's big enough. The rest of the system will be built from existing software. The theme of the compiler and OS will be "speed to the max" (and also well-exposed operation). The core of the kernel will be written in Assembly (everything else in Ada). The only problem is: it will probably take me several years to get the compiler ready, never mind the OS! Nevertheless, I am going to do it, barring accidents, however long it takes. Man-hours are well known as being mythical, but if there is anyone really loony (and I mean REALLY loony) enough, I would happy (ecstatic!) to have collaborators, even thousands of them! ------------------------------------- Nick Roberts -------------------------------------