From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 30 01:38:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA27917 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA27910 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:38:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA11608; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:37:14 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma011606; Thu Oct 30 11:37:10 1997 Message-ID: <34585503.3117@barcode.co.il> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:36:03 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Liam CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What was FreeBsd writtin with? References: <199710300738.RAA01064@tinny.eis.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Liam wrote: > > Hi, > > Would realy appreciate it if you could tell me how if you can write a > operating sys. in Borland C. What was FreeBSD written/compiled in?? And > could you point me to any places on the web with more info on this subject. > Hoping you can Help > > Liam Griffiths > > THANKYOU!! FreeBSD is written mostly in C and compiled with the Gnu C compiler (gcc). You can write an operating system with any compiler you wish, and XINU for the PC (a toy operating system, written for educational purposes) is indeed compiled with Borland C. For more info on FreeBSD, browse through http://www.freebsd.org, and its source code (to see how a real OS is written). Hope this helps, Nadav