Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>]

In article <7et6j7$1qlr@news1.newsguy.com>,
  Samuel Mize <smize@imagin.net> wrote:
> And this brings the discussion around full circle.  There
> isn't much work being done on extending Linux with Ada,
> because it requires a thin binding,

To claim that this is the one and only, or even a
significant reason is simply not something you can
prove, or even reasonably argue in my view.

The Ada history is littered with sequences that go like
this.

1) Ada will wildly succeed if only someone does X
2) Someone does X
3) Ada does not wildly succeed

But instead of learning something, we just repeat the
sequence:

1) Ada will wildly succeed if only someone does Y
...

The trouble is in such scenarios is that step 1) is usually
just someones blind assertion of faith, with no real study
or evidence before moving on to step 2).

The fact of the matter is that it is entirely possible to
create useful tools for Linux, and to extend the
functionality of the kernel for that matter.

All it takes is (what will Dewar's magic number 1) be
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work!


and there is no way around this. Thin bindings nor any
other magic bullet will not get around this fundamental
issue!

Robert Dewar






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