Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:24:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: imp@harmony.village.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS Message-ID: <200109061624.f86GOCg18059@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-current/200109061550.f86Fo6h53991@harmony.village.org> References: <local.mail.freebsd-current/3B96D48F.8030105@yahoo.com> <local.mail.freebsd-current/200109060010.f860A8M46067@white.dogwood.com> <local.mail.freebsd-current/3B96D06B.3030908@yahoo.com> <local.mail.freebsd-current/3B96D48F.8030105@yahoo.com>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-current/200109061550.f86Fo6h53991@harmony.village.org> you write:
>In message <3B96D48F.8030105@yahoo.com> Jim Bryant writes:
>: I doubt if the bootloader will ever change from FORTH, but if it
>: does, I suggest LISP as the preferred choice on a short-list of
>: potential replacements.
>
>It would make it very cool junior kernel hacker task to use lisp in
>the boot loader...
Hmm. Other cool tasks include:
- substituting <TAB> for <space> in correct places and vice versa.
- fixing incorrect code indentation.
- wholesale removal of _P() prototypes.
- rewriting all perl scripts in sh.
- using Java instead of C in the kernel.
All of the above will provide much needed features and functionality
for the upcoming 5.0 release. They will dramatically raise the bar
and provide a significant performance boost for the system. After all,
it is well known(*) than LISP is already SMP capable, while Forth is
single threaded, and it is critically important that the bootloader be
SMP enabled. :-)
Seriously now, don't we have better things to spend our time and
energies on than re-implementing code that already works?
--
Jonathan
(*) 4 out of 5 handwavers agree on this point, according to the
Journal of Irreproducible Results and Department of FUD.
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