Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:31:02 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, ctapang@easystreet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What would it take to build the FreeBSD kernel into Portable Executable (PE) format? Message-ID: <199809300231.MAA02510@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980930114936.M15172@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Sep 30, 98 11:49:36 am"
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Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> emulator, I want to build a Windows clone. The clone will use the FreeBSD > >>> core kernel (use process/task/thread management, virtual memory modules > >>> only). I'm sure most of you will have a strong opinion one way or another > >>> about this. Let's hear them! > >> > >> Interesting. This parallels my ongoing work in rewriting FreeBSD in > >> GNU Emacs LISP. > > > > I thought it has decided that rewriting the FreeBSD kernel in Java was > > the more portable solution. > > This is very much a matter of opinion. Some say that Java's day is > past, and maybe we should use Perl, TCL or Guile. Despite the GPL, I > tend to Guile, and was planning to migrate the LISP version in that > direction. Just as long as the final code works on my microwave. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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