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: 103376,5385624f72218ba7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-19 09:30:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!nntp.infostrada.it!news.mailgate.org!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!3495871!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AdaOS Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:53:47 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9tbdes$45r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9r8pvf$vms$1@papyrus.erlm.siemens.de> <9rk11n$e4n$1@plutonium.btinternet.com> <9rk749$ndt$1@papyrus.erlm.siemens.de> <9rnid9$541$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> <9s3u20$10s0sv$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9s670f$u2e$1@papyrus.erlm.siemens.de> <9s74eb$12b2bq$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9s76dh$ls0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9s9413$11mrei$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <071120011028298704%philip@no-spam.cs.uwa.edu.au> <9scke6$12jb14$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BF019F4.C9C460E5@mida.se> <9t6av9$601$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <9t6srn$nbro$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1006188828 4283 136.170.200.133 (19 Nov 2001 16:53:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Nov 2001 16:53:48 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16693 Date: 2001-11-19T16:53:48+00:00 List-Id: My thinking on it goes like this: Use any term you like so long as you a) define what you mean by it and b) use it consistently. HAL is fine with me - if it means you're going to code a bunch of small routines that isolate how things work on a specific processor to make it easier to port, that's a legitimate goal. Sounds like it differs to some extent from a device driver - although the goals of portability are similar. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Nick Roberts" wrote in message news:9t6srn$nbro$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de... > > Does anyone else -- outside the context of Windows -- make earnest use of > the term HAL? >