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Subject: Re: Could you write a BSD like os in ADA?
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On Monday, 16 May 2016 19:37:04 UTC+2, Norman Worth  wrote:
> On 5/2/2016 4:51 PM, endlessboomcapitalism@gmail.com wrote:
> > Like with all we know now......rewrite in ada?
> >
> Regardless of its merits, someone actually had a project to do this a=20
> couple of years back.  I can see nothing in Ada that would prevent it,=20
> and it might be more reliable than the C patchworks we are living with=20
> today.

Back in the early 2000 I played a little with that idea and had managed to =
compile a piece of Ada code that booted on an x86.  There was also another =
group trying to do an OS but they never managed to produce anything except =
a few generic documents on their dream OS.  Then I got a kid and less time =
to spend on it.  I also considered the fact that there will be little inter=
est of people in an OS that's build on Ada only for the sake of Ada.  Peopl=
e want OSes to play with or do things with, unless you're at the university=
 and have an OS project to work on.