So lets get the story straight. Ada is great but the compiler sucks. Winning combination for an open source os.
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 04:33:47PM +0100, Rico Secada wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:11:50 +1100 > "Christopher Vance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have used and taught Ada, for what that's worth. I also looked at > > Ada for writing OS kernel code, but the quality of the compilers > > forced me back to the C family. > > What compilers? > > > Question for the proponents of Ada: how many operating system kernels > > do you know of which are written in Ada? Now answer the same question > > for C. > > Ada has mainly been used in real-time life dependent systems, not in > operating systems. There hasn't been a "free" compiler around before > 1995 and it hasn't been that good. > > > For extra marks, explain why the discrepancy, paying particular > > attention to the strengths and weaknesses of each language in this > > particular usage. > > Free compiler. > > > -- > > Christopher Vance
