Re: Jiri's Flames, EuOS, Euphoria's Place
No offence Ralf, but it is going through. Think about it. We can't possibly
do a real super-duper OS (unless we try 
in Euphoria. I'm thinking of
re-writing the whole thing in C++, but Euphoria is good enough now.
- Nate
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> From: Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL>
> To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Jiri's Flames, EuOS, Euphoria's Place
> Date: September 29, 1998 2:08 AM
>
> After reading the suggestion pointed to Matt to combine some of his
message,
> I jumped back to a some time ago, when I also did this. It helps some
people
> out here on the list, that have no interest in my mail, or are pretty
> uncapable of handling it. (point of perspective)
>
> First of all, Matt, although I too admit its annoying to get 5 to 10
mails a
> day containing 1 or maybe 2 if we're lucky lines. But Jiri was kinda
mean,
> since you mean it all well, and are just obviously enthousiastic for
> Euphoria. In other words, listen to the advice, but dont take it
personally,
> it seems Jiri is either making a point of something or flaming some one
> down, because he is a bit annoyed by the person. Im not gonna judge this
> dominant behaviour, but I want you too know, not all Euphorians on this
> list, share his opinions or at least his tone of voice.
>
> I would love to see a program that shows off Euphoria, but there are
already
> a few very nice ones out there. Think of TextGUI. A whole toolkit, in how
> much code ? Capable of opening any file of any size for editing.
Automatic
> virtual memory if you ran out of memory. Etc. Pretty nice, I think.
>
> But we can always do better, can't we. Some one mentioned the EuOS
project.
> No offense, but that wont ever happen. First of all, we need to convert
> Euphoria to a .com, we need to have code for all places where Euphoria
calls
> interrupts. (which are functions of the current host operating system).
> Plus, most OS cores are written in C and ASM, for the logical reasons. It
> has to be really small. It has to have 100% machine control. Etc. A shell
is
> possible, but I wouldnt wait for that either. OS'es are either built with
> marketing or good ideas.
>
> No, I would like to see a Norton Commander clone. Preferbly using a
> graphical dos GUI (david's or Irv's) .. a complete package, with file
> viewers, etc. And see how small and safe that will run. (a html viewer!)
And
> a plug-in editor (for viewers, etc.) so people actually see Euphoria
code.
> That might get some new fans.
>
> Ralf
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