From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada Operating System
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:49:10 -0500
Date: 2002-03-14T17:49:12+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a6qnqo$3q9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DxCf+2YH8Vr+@eisner.encompasserve.org
A straight copy of *anything* in some other language into Ada seems to be
mostly a waste of time & a bad idea. If it doesn't do things The Ada Way
utilizing what is best in Ada, then it won't benefit from Ada. That, and why
bother since the existing application already exists and a duplicate in
another language just seems like the work of the Department of Redundancy
Department.
A *redesign* of an existing application with implementation in Ada could
have some value. If you can identify the inputs and outputs of a given
program and make the innards from Ada, then you might be adding some
reliability. But I still think that it would need to go One Step Beyond the
existing app in terms of functionality or it isn't likely to offer any
significant reason to switch.
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/
"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
news:DxCf+2YH8Vr+@eisner.encompasserve.org...
>
> Considering the number of defects found in sendmail over the years,
> I do not think any wart-for-wart copy of it would be significantly
> better, regardless of the implementation language.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-14 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 185+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-19 19:39 Ada Operating System Dann Corbit
2002-02-19 21:23 ` Adrian Knoth
2002-02-19 21:58 ` chris.danx
2002-02-19 22:40 ` Hugues Jerome
2002-02-20 0:38 ` Dann Corbit
2002-02-20 14:47 ` Joel Sherrill
2002-02-20 19:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-02-21 15:33 ` tony gair
2002-02-21 17:46 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-02-21 17:57 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-22 0:34 ` tony gair
2002-02-22 2:23 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-21 22:05 ` David Starner
2002-02-22 9:08 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-02-22 20:37 ` David Starner
2002-02-23 4:44 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-02-23 6:10 ` Mark Biggar
2002-02-23 18:04 ` Richard Riehle
2002-02-23 18:07 ` David Starner
2002-02-23 20:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-24 2:42 ` David Starner
2002-02-24 4:27 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-24 17:15 ` David Starner
2002-02-23 19:01 ` Darren New
2002-02-25 13:51 ` Marin David Condic
2002-02-26 0:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-05 14:16 ` Marin David Condic
2002-02-25 17:56 ` Pascal Obry
2002-02-25 20:01 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-02-25 22:08 ` Ted Dennison
2002-02-23 13:32 ` Wannabe h4x0r
2002-02-23 13:53 ` Jeffrey Creem
2002-02-25 18:00 ` Pascal Obry
2002-02-23 14:05 ` Samuel Tardieu
2002-02-23 14:31 ` Florian Weimer
2002-02-23 20:09 ` Wannabe h4x0r
2002-02-25 22:06 ` Wes Groleau
2002-02-25 0:54 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-02-25 12:52 ` Ian S. Nelson
2002-02-23 16:41 ` Nick Roberts
2002-02-23 17:57 ` Richard Riehle
2002-02-23 3:11 ` Robert Dewar
2002-02-23 3:36 ` Dann Corbit
2002-02-23 4:42 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-25 14:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-02-26 0:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-23 18:12 ` David Starner
2002-02-23 16:41 ` Nick Roberts
2002-02-20 13:48 ` Stephen Leake
2002-02-20 1:06 ` eunux
2002-02-23 16:41 ` Nick Roberts
2002-02-25 14:28 ` Marin David Condic
2002-02-27 5:23 ` James Ross
2002-03-05 14:28 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-07 6:05 ` James Ross
2002-03-07 15:48 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-08 16:03 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-08 16:31 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-09 9:46 ` David Starner
2002-03-09 14:43 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-11 14:19 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-11 15:24 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-09 15:40 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-09 15:52 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-09 17:54 ` tmoran
2002-03-09 18:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-08 20:31 ` Dann Corbit
2002-03-09 15:42 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-09 16:34 ` Ian S. Nelson
2002-03-09 18:15 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-10 6:44 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-10 14:37 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-11 5:03 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-11 14:49 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-11 15:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-11 17:30 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-11 17:45 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-11 19:58 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-12 17:42 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-03-12 20:39 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-10 15:03 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2002-03-10 19:40 ` David Starner
2002-03-11 5:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-11 15:11 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-18 16:18 ` Tucker Taft
2002-03-18 17:24 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-25 17:25 ` Darren New
2002-03-25 19:36 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-26 6:34 ` James Ross
2002-03-26 13:56 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-26 17:55 ` Darren New
2002-03-11 14:47 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-11 15:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-03-11 16:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-12 17:45 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-03-11 14:57 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-11 14:39 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-13 1:03 ` Pam Kelly
2002-03-13 1:45 ` Gary Scott
2002-03-13 7:27 ` David Starner
2002-03-13 14:02 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-13 22:42 ` Pam Kelly
2002-03-13 23:28 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-27 0:51 ` Brian Catlin
2002-03-13 23:51 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-14 15:54 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-03-13 13:54 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-14 13:17 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-14 17:32 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-13 13:49 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-14 2:09 ` Pam Kelly
2002-03-14 16:01 ` Alfred Hilscher
2002-03-14 17:43 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-16 9:06 ` DPH
2002-03-16 8:00 ` James Ross
2002-03-16 16:52 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-17 3:40 ` Rod Haper
2002-03-16 20:07 ` Robert A Duff
2002-03-17 11:23 ` Preben Randhol
2002-03-17 21:36 ` James Ross
2002-03-17 22:12 ` Darren New
2002-03-18 1:25 ` James Ross
2002-03-18 3:26 ` Darren New
2002-03-18 5:06 ` James Ross
2002-03-18 5:12 ` Darren New
2002-03-18 7:14 ` James Ross
2002-03-20 10:03 ` Mats Karlssohn
2002-03-19 6:20 ` David Starner
2002-03-23 6:06 ` James Ross
2002-03-23 12:34 ` Preben Randhol
2002-03-23 21:44 ` David Starner
2002-03-24 3:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-25 19:00 ` Preben Randhol
2002-03-25 19:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-26 16:25 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-26 18:01 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-27 13:32 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-27 14:22 ` sk
2002-03-27 16:39 ` Darren New
2002-03-27 17:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-28 4:40 ` tmoran
2002-03-28 14:43 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-28 5:25 ` sk
2002-03-28 4:34 ` James Ross
2002-03-28 14:37 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-29 17:52 ` Darren New
2002-03-26 20:23 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-28 13:25 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <a7ntns$7hh$Organization: LJK Software <vEY3SfNlq6Uc@eisner.encompasserve.org>
2002-03-28 14:58 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-29 11:29 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <a7ntns$7hh$Organization: LJK Software <Aj0bpsr17AIQ@eisner.encompasserve.org>
2002-03-29 14:02 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-27 20:22 ` John R. Strohm
2002-03-19 6:22 ` David Starner
2002-03-13 14:08 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-13 22:02 ` Pam Kelly
2002-03-13 22:19 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-13 23:26 ` Pam Kelly
2002-03-14 0:49 ` Adrian Knoth
2002-03-14 13:14 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-14 17:49 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2002-03-15 16:41 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-03-15 19:26 ` Mark Biggar
2002-03-15 20:14 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-15 8:03 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2002-03-12 2:23 ` James Ross
2002-03-12 15:28 ` Marin David Condic
2002-03-13 5:52 ` James Ross
2002-02-27 11:30 ` Jorge Real
2002-02-28 5:34 ` tmoran
2002-02-28 8:56 ` chris.danx
2002-02-28 14:23 ` Wes Groleau
2002-02-28 13:19 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-02-28 14:19 ` Wes Groleau
2002-02-28 15:24 ` chris.danx
2002-02-28 15:34 ` Ian Wild
2002-02-28 16:23 ` chris.danx
2002-02-28 17:52 ` Dave Poirier
2002-02-28 17:57 ` Dave Poirier
2002-03-02 4:01 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-02-28 18:32 ` Tom Moran
2002-02-28 17:47 ` Dave Poirier
2002-02-27 21:50 ` Ken Pinard
2002-02-28 2:38 ` Dave Poirier
2002-02-28 13:49 ` Wes Groleau
2002-03-11 11:56 ` Simon Wright
replies disabled
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox