db@cstvax.UUCP (Dave Berry) (02/25/86)
In article <526@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.UUCP writes: >In article <1970@peora.UUCP>, jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes: >> The problem is, as far as the implementation of machines is concerned, Ada >> is likely to be the driving force for the forseeable future -- > >Spoken like a true government contractor. >I'll believe it when I see J. Eric Roskos posting articles using a >netnews written in Ada running an Ada Unix clone on a home computer. Well, while browsing in our local bookshop, I came across the following: "Pulse: An Ada-based distributed operating system", by D. Keefe, I.C. Wand, G.M. Tomlinson & A.J. Wellings, Academic Press. The authors (from the University of York) claim that PULSE includes the "best" features af UNIX. Maybe you won't have to wait too long. -- Dave Berry. CS postgrad, Univ. of Edinburgh ...mcvax!ukc!cstvax!db