[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:39:41 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:

> That's seriously interesting thanks. So, contrary to what some are
> saying,
> the idea of writing an OS in such a way was well established by the
> mid-1970s. (I'm going off historical documents and the recollections of
> people here as in the mid 1970s I wasn't even in secondary school yet.
> ).
> 
> One thing of interest above is you say the OS itself was also written in
> this language. Are you referring to the kernel-level code here or
> something else ?

And starting in 1966...

 http://www.ancientgeek.org.uk/EMAS/EMAS_Papers/
EMAS_The_Edinburgh_Multi_Access_System.pdf

Or for my lecture on it (I was involved, as you will see):

 http://www.bobeager.uk/emas/