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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers?
Date: 6 May 2003 15:13:13 -0500
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In article <82347202.0305061140.53347ae1@posting.google.com>, jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net (Jim Rogers) writes:

> Note that C and C++ concurrency must be explicitly based upon
> multiprocessing or multithreading. The Ada model is not so
> explicit. Operating systems supporting threading are relatively
> new compared to the languages C, C++, and Ada. Most commercial
> operating systems prior to 1994 provided no support for what is
> now called threads. Ada compilers would implement concurrency
> using multiple processes.

Or by supporting threads in their run-time library, like VAX Ada from DEC.