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From: phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: writing operating systems in ADA
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Date: 20 Oct 89 16:41:53 GMT
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Intel attemped to build an Ada-based machine (using Ada to write the operating
system) but found that it was pretty much a wash. The restricted lexical 
elements could not support general languages which used characters not allowed
in Ada (APL comes to mind - ain't no Thumbnail in Ada).  I do not have any 
references to the Intel machine, but perhaps someone on the net does.



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