Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 00:23:43 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1045117423.eb771f@mired.org> To: northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, matrix@altima.net Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <15940.41583.186990.685971@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3E44A036.1010609@ameritech.net> References: <200302072309.AA423166622@altima.net> <15940.38588.692767.171995@guru.mired.org> <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net> <15940.39707.55965.640089@guru.mired.org> <3E44A036.1010609@ameritech.net>
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In <3E44A036.1010609@ameritech.net>, northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net> typed: > I desire to learn Operating System design. Architecture specific > code. Portability, etc. Therefore, C asm and Java are hardly > redundant. I can see how C and asm fit into that picture. One's the portable assembler you right most of your code in, and the other is the non-portable assembler that you right the other bits in. How does Java fit? > If someone posts a languages question to a mailing list about an > Operating System FreeBSD is more than just an Operating System - it's a complete platform. For hacking on FreeBSD sources, the answers are C, the ASM for your machine, and C. > I still have a right to state thoughts. Don't you think? =) Of course you do, and I didn't mean to attack either you or your thoughts. I was expressing my opinion of those three choices. I'm beginning to think the original posters goal was to start a long, off-topic discussion. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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