Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:45:36 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Mark & Candice <mhewii AT concentric DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Any one writing OS in DJGPP?
In-Reply-To: <32EA933B.1B89@concentric.net>
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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Mark & Candice wrote:

> 
> Posting your source would be great!
> You might be suprized to find how quickly the other 999,999 could
>  get together and make a 'djgpp OS'.
> 
> There are many of us out here making OS's, if we all share a little
>  this could work quite well.

aside from the educational/learning benefit of writing an OS, i don't see
any other benefit. there are so many, excellent, free OS's out there which
aren't hamstrung by MSDOG limits. perhaps a full implementation of
POSIX.1c threads for DJGPP (including preemptible blocking I/O) would be
more attainable, not to mention more practical (after all, why reinvent
the wheel?)

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