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: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-25 22:34:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: James Ross Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:34:04 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C8A3999.2000301@earthlink.net> <3C8B0191.3080705@mail.com> <3C8C3C4E.9030703@mail.com> <3C961352.DE25ADF1@avercom.net> <3C9F5DBE.4B71408F@san.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21674 Date: 2002-03-26T00:34:04-06:00 List-Id: On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:25:53 GMT, Darren New wrote: >Imagine an OS where all IPC is done via >message passing of messages between queues. This is an interesting concept. If "all" OS calls used such a mechanism, then any application written is a target for a client / server scenario without any redesign (or recompilation for that matter). The OS could simply forward the calls to the server running the app. It wouldn't matter if the box responding to the call was your own or across the country! JR