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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-09 02:13:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "rleif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 14:02:20 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1060420403 94339 137.194.161.2 (9 Aug 2003 09:13:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:13:23 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Marin David Condic'" , Return-Path: X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 Thread-Index: AcNd6iRMKndUgOESROu7lecaGhZdtwABLJ0g In-Reply-To: <3F338EC2.3070002@noplace.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41271 Date: 2003-08-08T14:02:20-07:00 I agree that an Ada OS is too large a project. However, a real-time core that could be used with Linux and that had Ada interfaces to XML constructs should be viable. The problem with Linux core components is that one is making a donation to IBM, RedHat, etc. However, a POSIX type binding that could be used with Linux might solve that problem. An Ada version of Xforms that worked under SVG would actually cover many embedded devices. The Ada page of my web site, www.newportinstruments.com has articles on how multiple individuals can get together for two noble causes: 1) Spreading the use of Ada. And 2) Making money. Bob Leif Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Email rleif@rleif.com -----Original Message----- From: Marin David Condic [mailto:nobody@noplace.com] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 4:52 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. An OS is a pretty serious project - even if you're looking at an embedded OS of some sort. If you start with too big an objective, you'll likely not achieve it. You might try taking some existing OS and porting it. That would be a good start and might be achievable in a reasonable time span. There was an RTOS out there written in Ada - RTEMS if I recall the name correctly. One called MaRTE also springs to mind. Try: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/457082.html MDC Luke A. Guest wrote: > > Well, for one, I have been (although not recently) researching operating > systems and want to design one. I know what I want to achieve on this but > I haven't actually been able to do any work on it for ages :-( > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================