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,e17a4d5bc0d42b86 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-30 13:19:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!grolier!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ppp-2-40.5800-7.access.uk.worldonline.COM!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and JVM? Why not AdaVM? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:12:59 -0000 Message-ID: <957b5d$fji6p$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> References: <94vdt9$a2g1@news.cis.okstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-2-40.5800-7.access.uk.worldonline.com (62.64.159.40) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 980889582 16369881 62.64.159.40 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4728 Date: 2001-01-30T21:12:59+00:00 List-Id: "David Starner" wrote in message news:94vdt9$a2g1@news.cis.okstate.edu... > ... > * The Ada chip is dead, and you'd lose a lot of flexibility designing > around it. ("Ada chip" = "the CPU of the computers Rational designed > for running Ada". My knowledge of this is limited, so feel free to > correct me.) I believe the original 'Ada chip' (as such) was the Intel 432, many moons ago (a 16-bit single backplane multiprocessor architecture). Sadly, it was cancelled due to lack of intere$t*. (Anyway, you don't need an Ada-specific CPU, you only need an Ada-specific OS ;-) -- Nick Roberts http://www.AdaOS.org *Actually, due to Intel deciding to concentrate all its powers on the then new and astonishing iAPX 386.