Date: 24 Nov 1999 19:47:51 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot prompts Message-ID: <81hbsn$2t1q$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <199911240140.CAA60269@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911241416190.74770-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote: > Why was Forth the language of choice for the FreeBSD bootloader? When the question came up there was--as anybody with some experience in that area could have predicted--a rash of discussion. Of course people insisted that there favorite implementation of scheme or whatnot absolutely had to be chosen for the purpose. And so some people argued and some implemented. The latter ones chose this particular kind of Forth. And when the question came, "okay, who actually has any code?"... That's the way it works. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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