[Info-vax] Safer programming languages (and walking :-) ), was: Re: 8-bit characters

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In article <ivg04vFmkaaU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>This talk of Ada, VMS and Systems programming has raised a new
>question in my mind.
>
>Given that Ada got it's start on VMS (one of the first validated
>Ada Compilers was on VMS) has any attempt ever been made to write
>any part of VMS using Ada?  Device Driver? Anything?

The SECURITY SERVER comes to mind. ;)

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