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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f45b1f6d53ecbae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93" Subject: Re: Why couldn't an operating system be written in ada Date: 1996/07/19 Message-ID: <96071909485801@psavax.pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169630013 sender: Ada programming language comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU x-vms-to: SMTP%"INFO-ADA@VM1.NODAK.EDU" newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-vms-cc: CONDIC Date: 1996-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar writes: > >Building a full OS, including all utilities, compilers, etc is indeed >a very large job, but building just the kernel is not such a big job >(Linux for instance is NOT that large). So building an OS kernel >in Ada would be a reasonably practical project. > Actually, when you think about it, almost every embedded system built in Ada is - or contains - an "operating system" written in Ada. Most embedded systems have an "executive" (or something similar) which controls I/O, schedules applications, handles security, etc. Granted, it's not as sophisticated (generally) as something like VMS or WindowsNT, but they are quite often more advanced than what might have passed for an "operating system" back in the late 70's. Just my 2c worth. MDC Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-96 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Fax: 407.796.4669 P.O. Box 109600 Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 Internet: CONDIC@FLINET.COM =============================================================================== "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper." -- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind." ===============================================================================