Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 16:01:00 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels Message-ID: <18026.909932460@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 15:47:20 %2B0100." <199811011447.PAA21479@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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>Eeep! Umm... what exactly does this mean? I mean... I don't know anyone >that knows forth... lots of people know sh. And a logical special >language (whic resembles sh and the other script languages) is not >real hard to learn either. Why mess it up and get forth in there? And >to do what exactly? The scoop about forth is that you can implement it in virtually no bytes (well, physically too of course.) The "Open" boot prom on Suns and the various spinoffs from that use forth for that reason. It's compact, it can be made machine independent and there is a standard (several actually) so you don't have to invent the host plate and the deep water all over again. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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