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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bc50d91d556000f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-05 08:52:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: hypothetical question Message-ID: References: <3b448a6d@news.iprimus.com.au> Organization: LJK Software Date: 5 Jul 2001 11:51:42 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 994348306 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 05 Jul 2001 15:51:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 15:51:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9478 Date: 2001-07-05T11:51:42-05:00 List-Id: In article <3b448a6d@news.iprimus.com.au>, "Karl Fitz" writes: > in my random thoughts as a 'newbie' programmer, > I begin to wonder the possibillity of creating an Operating System entirely > with ada. Or would it be better to use a variety of programming languages... > many questions arise from this but it intruiges me, > would it be more/less, stable (as a compasion to other Os) ? > '' '' '' , resource hungry.... ? > Im sure that it is entirely possible but i guess the real question is .... > would it be practical ? It would certainly be practical, but the initial creation would not be any cheaper than creating a new operating system in _any_ language. The cost of creating an operating system is extremely high - ask Microsoft or IBM.