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: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-05 16:45:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!newsfeed.sjc.globix.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!216.218.192.242!news.he.net!newsxfer.visi.net!154.32.99.10.MISMATCH!psiuk-p2!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: Ada Operating System Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:28:30 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1015338511 16991 136.170.200.133 (5 Mar 2002 14:28:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Mar 2002 14:28:31 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:20836 Date: 2002-03-05T14:28:31+00:00 List-Id: Its easy for a project to get so overly-ambitious that it fails to get anywhere constructive. I think the AdaOS project is a really good idea, but I think it needs to have some sort of phased goals/objectives that at least bust the problem up into something achievable. You're right about it being easy to get bogged down in design - sometimes its better to say "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it!" :-) If it were my gig, I'd look to getting some kind of bootable kernel going by utilizing the Gnat compiler (just because its there and readily accessible to the hobbyist). If it could boot off a floppy and do a little basic scheduling & I/O so that folks could start playing with it, then it would likely spark interest. Of course, my bias would be to provide good realtime support for the scheduler because I think that's an unaddressed (or insufficiently addressed) niche by both Windows & Linux. If it could run on a PC and provide the possibility of running at least one realtime process, it would have something you don't get elsewhere. That's product distinction! :-) 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/ "James Ross" wrote in message news:m4ro7uorulr8cfn9tn3hk30cqi7mf4egdc@4ax.com... > > My personal experience is I often get bogged down on the design of a > new from scratch project. I am not very good at sitting down and > planning it all out to last detail, especially a large project. When > this happens to me there are two solutions. Take a bottom-up approach > and just start working on pieces that you know are going to be needed > in some form, or start plagiarizing someone else's code. (At least > the latter is legal with GPLed code!) Perhaps this is what is needed > in the case of AdaOS? >