Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:29:07 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels Message-ID: <23981.910009747@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 11:41:11 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811021135260.20428-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> Well, most of things the bootloader currently does is pretty > straightforward in terms of "words", and would require only very few magic > incantations. Then, the next part could be hidden behind non-Forth-like > words after loading some /boot/forth_haters.4th... This is very true - I've seen 4th systems which offered both LISP and "Tiny C" interpreters, both written in native 4th, and once you have a genuine language underneath, you can put all kinds of nifty abstractions on top. It's not hard to put an algebraic parser on top, especially if you're already using stack-based arithmetic. ;-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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