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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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 12:06:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!fr.colt.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!157.161.139.35.MISMATCH!802116!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA os talk Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 15:00:36 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9me5cm$3nv$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 998938838 3839 136.170.200.133 (27 Aug 2001 19:00:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Aug 2001 19:00:38 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12482 Date: 2001-08-27T19:00:38+00:00 List-Id: As we discussed elsewhere, I really liked your notion of XML for the GUI because you instantly get a wealth of tools capable of acting as the GUI builder & all you need is some sort of integration between actions in the XML world and the application behind it. You get 80%-90% of the way there in one transaction. The other idea I liked was basing the file system on URLs and related technology - again to get most of the way there in one swell foop. I'd still push for something that was very minimal and just capable of booting & getting at least one minimal app up and running. If the kernel could boot and start scheduling an Ada app, you could add the device drivers, the GUI the file system, the OS calls, etc. etc. etc. as you went along. Get it that far, and then there's enough there to start the synergy needed to move it along. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." wrote in message news:mailman.998937940.27088.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > From: Bob Leif > To: Marin David Condic et al. > > The XML part will be discussed at the SIGAda 2001 XML Ada Symbiosis > workshop. I should note that the output devices: screen and printer could > take XML including SVG (vector graphics) as their input. This would > significantly erode the Microsoft monopoly. >