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 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-07 02:54:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-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> <9i6lkf$bqi$2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Organization: LJK Software Date: 7 Jul 2001 05:54:28 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 994499670 216.44.122.34 (Sat, 07 Jul 2001 09:54:30 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 09:54:30 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9600 Date: 2001-07-07T05:54:28-05:00 List-Id: In article <9i6lkf$bqi$2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, "Bobby D. Bryant" writes: > In article , "Larry Kilgallen" > wrote: > > >> It would certainly be practical, but the initial creation would not be >> any cheaper than creating a new operating system in _any_ language. > > However, we'd all like to think that the even-more-expensive task of > *maintaining* an OS would be cheaper if the OS were developed in Ada. But the tough part is getting to the start of the maintenance phase :-)