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: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-09 05:24:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) Date: 9 May 2003 05:24:00 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9fa75d42.0305090424.45b522b5@posting.google.com> References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305060521.400f1d80@posting.google.com> <82347202.0305061103.2ddd98e4@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305070504.6866e7a3@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305070929.2d7a0d4c@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305080606.70eebec@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 32.97.239.17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1052483041 13196 127.0.0.1 (9 May 2003 12:24:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 May 2003 12:24:01 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:63383 comp.object:63076 comp.lang.ada:37096 misc.misc:14035 Date: 2003-05-09T12:24:01+00:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote in message news:... > X-A-Notice: References line has been trimed due to 512 byte limitation > Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings > NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net > NNTP-Posting-Time: Thu, 08 May 2003 18:27:47 -0500 (CDT) > NNTP-Posting-Host: !\THX1k-VKme$@< (Encoded at Airnews!) > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 > > "soft-eng" wrote in message > news:9fa75d42.0305080606.70eebec@posting.google.com... > > PC's don't show this. CP/M and MS/DOS etc were written > > in assembler, and the field was open for other languages. > > Unfortunately, the facts do not agree with you. > > CP/M was written in PL/M, a variant of PL/I developed by Dr. Gary Kildall. Any URL, quote or something for this "fact"? While Gary Kildall did write both the language PL/M and also CP/M for 8086 machines, that doesn't mean he wrote CP/M in PL/M!