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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,f168e591f1f30aab X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 X-Received: by 10.180.93.134 with SMTP id cu6mr8256128wib.5.1356837411630; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:16:51 -0800 (PST) Path: i11ni337233wiw.0!nntp.google.com!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.141.40.65.MISMATCH!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng0.de.kpn-eurorings.net!border2.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border4.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.86.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Operating systems written in Ada Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:51:24 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: aWaWeUaBdaj2Zzc04J1v5A.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.11 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-12-23T14:51:24+01:00 List-Id: Le Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:47:04 +0100, a =C3=A9crit: > I was wondering, why is it that of the many Operating Systems written = in = > Ada (see http://commons.ada.cx/Operating_Systems_written_in_Ada), none= = > of them really took off? Not only that, but the average computer user = = > has not even heard of them. > Do you envisage that a large-scale commercial or even open-source OS = > destined for the masses could be written in Ada, and be successful? In= = > theory, yes, of course... but in practice? Simple: for the end user of the mass and more, an OS does not mean a = kernel, but a platform; it requires numerous applications which are not = a = piece of cake, like browser, office suite, media authoring and rendering= , = =E2=80=A6. Without it, a platform wont took off, and if it's not as part= of such a = platform, a kernel is unlikely to took off (except as a specific use = kernel, but that's not any more as a kernel of a platform for the mass).= -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity