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: 103376,8aceff7492b1d75a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-24 09:05:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!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 project Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:58:04 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9onl6d$av9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9oneph$8jq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3nIr7.3110$ev2.2320@www.newsranger.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1001347085 11241 136.170.200.133 (24 Sep 2001 15:58:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Sep 2001 15:58:05 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:13292 Date: 2001-09-24T15:58:05+00:00 List-Id: Lots of interesting projects are possible but it does depend on just how much you want to bite off and chew. I recall back in the olden days when I was in college, I had an OS class where we were given a pseudo-machine-language and the job was to build an interpreter for it and use it as the basis of a mini-OS. I could see something similar taking advantage of tasks - but you're talking significantly more work than some minor, illustrative program that satisfies the prof that you've gained a grasp of some unique and interesting language feature. But there are always chronic over-achievers out there who might appreciate the challenge. :-) 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/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:3nIr7.3110$ev2.2320@www.newsranger.com... > > I had an OS class where we built a mini-OS (on top of the real one, of course), > using tasks. We used Concurrent-C for it, but I always thought Ada would have > been a much better choice. >