Re: ADA os talk (Innovate!)

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

I would strongly suggest doing some kind of literature search and selecting
someone's OS textbook as the basis for an Ada OS. If someone has thought
through the theory and described an OS that meets the goals an Ada OS should
have, then you've got your high level design done for you.

Shoot to get a kernel up and running that can load and execute a program.
Give the kernel some characteristics that are not available in most other
kernels. (OO design? Realtime capability? incredibly direct support for Ada
constructs such as tasks, protected types, etc?) If a unique kernel is built
that offers something other kernels don't and is actually usable on some
common platform then you've got something hobbyists can play with and will
express an interest in enhancing. So long as you can say "The strategy is
based on the book: 'OS's R Us' by Dr. John Doe & Dr. Richard Roe" then the
volunteers who come to the project to add things will have some guidance as
to where the project should go.

MDC
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de> wrote in message
news:3b920f02.1325866@news.cis.dfn.de...
> On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 07:26:17 GMT, "McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>
> wrote:
> >Alot of people think in terms of Unix or Windows when they think of a
> >Kernel. Why shouldn't  one do something better.
>
> One should! Down with UNIX and Windows! Long live an OO Ada OS!
>