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On Mar 23, 5:25=A0pm, Yannick Duch=EAne (Hibou57)
<yannick_duch...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> The Borland Pascal 7 runtime was/is simple enough; there should be a way =
=A0
> to emulate it on top of the Ada runtime, which is more complete.

I think we crossed wires; I was thinking about implementing the Ada
runtime
via BP7; this would (in theory) allow me to compile Ada 'normally' (w/
o
having to mess with making a zero footprint and Standard) and load it
up as
the OS... this would give me the advantage of being able to run the OS
as
either "just another program" [for testing and such] and also as the
actual
OS for a machine.

(That setup is actually pretty useful for debugging; it's what I used
before though with DOS & BP7 rather than Windows & Delphi.)

> > {True, it would be limited to 32-bits; but there isn't going to be a
> > shortage of 32-bit CPUs for a while.}
>
> I hope too they will live for a long time again =A0(I don't want to see =
=A0
> millions of machines discharged and thrown away to Africa).

*nod* - Just because it's "old" doesn't mean it's not effective...
The Mosin-Nagant and the 1911-design are proof of that, though in the
realm of firearms rather than computers.