[Info-vax] ADA and VMS (was Safer programming languages)

[Mark Daniel]

On 16/11/21 7:48 am, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 11/15/2021 4:01 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> ACME_SERVER and SECURITY_SERVER are written in ADA.
> 
> Both are being rewritten in C.

V9.1-A has a SECURITY_SERVER but no ACME_SERVER.

This suggests SECURITY_SERVER currently is in field-test.

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