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,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-18 01:27:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!sn-xit-04!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "David Starner" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS (Was: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack.) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:32:34 +0100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <4a885870.0108112341.7ce02ac0@posting.google.com> <9l6pdo$rlo$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12091 Date: 2001-08-18T08:32:34+01:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com... > Jeffrey Carter wrote in message news:<3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com>... > > GNU (GNU's Not Unix) was a project to > > write an OS. They decided they needed to write a compiler first. > > While the result was a very useful free compiler, it is instructive > > to note that GNU never created an OS. > > What Jeffrey meant to say (I guess) was that "GNU never created an > OS that he had heard about" [or should I say "had HURD about"?] But > I am not quite sure why the fact that Jeffrey is not aware of this > OS is instructive :-) :-) True; making an OS is about as easy as making a compiler. Making a useful OS, however, is much harder. Considering the problems with the Hurd (massive security and stability problems), and the fact that there's no installation program - merely a lengthy installation procedure - I would hardly classify the Hurd as useful. It might at best be classified as interesting. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org "The pig -- belongs -- to _all_ mankind!" - Invader Zim