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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bcf30769d6d9599 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-27 10:38:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: "Brian Catlin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA os talk Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:37:53 -0700 Organization: Sannas Consulting Message-ID: <9me0kp$4n8$1@slb4.atl.mindspring.net> References: <20010826235613.1b22c8c2.tonygair@kissmyspam.blueyonder.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.f2.b5 X-Server-Date: 27 Aug 2001 17:39:37 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12470 Date: 2001-08-27T17:39:37+00:00 List-Id: "Tony Gair" wrote in message news:20010826235613.1b22c8c2.tonygair@kissmyspam.blueyonder.co.uk... > I would be interested to know peoples strategies for getting one up and running and just to get the talk rolling heres my tuppence.. > > Make a ada kernal and interface it to the rest of linux operating system by using c interfaces and then start writing the filesystem, drivers and X windows, blah blah.... > > what do people think ??? If you're going to go to the trouble of creating a new operating system, why not provide a compelling reason for people to use it? Recreating Linux in Ada is simply polishing a turd, to my mind. I think that an area that should be addressed is that of architecturally preventing viruses using a concept known as "capabilities", which should make your OS _very_ popular. For more info on this, see http://www.eros-os.org/essays/capintro.html -Brian