Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 23:28:25 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS Message-ID: <3B96FB69.4000104@yahoo.com> References: <200109060010.f860A8M46067@white.dogwood.com> <3B96D06B.3030908@yahoo.com> <3B96D48F.8030105@yahoo.com> <20010905203344.A82981@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:42:39PM -0500, Jim Bryant wrote:
>
>
>>I doubt if the bootloader will ever change from FORTH, but if it
>>does, I suggest LISP as the preferred choice on a short-list of
>>potential replacements.
>>
>
> Show us a suitable LISP interpreter, then.
>
> Kris
Been a while since I looked around, and I do think that any suitable interpreter would have to be modified to suit the task of
bootloading much better than a generic LISP can, even emacs had to modify LISP for their purposes, but sure, I'll do some looking
around for candidates.
jim
--
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!
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