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: 2002-03-15 08:23:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!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: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:49:10 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C8F5D44.2E2E2EE7@despammed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1016128152 3913 136.170.200.133 (14 Mar 2002 17:49:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Mar 2002 17:49:12 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:21294 Date: 2002-03-14T17:49:12+00:00 List-Id: 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" 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.