From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 29 19:30:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA03752 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:30:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03746 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:30:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA14685; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:00:04 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA16887; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:00:04 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980930120003.O15172@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:00:03 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: John Birrell Cc: ctapang@easystreet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What would it take to build the FreeBSD kernel into Portable Executable (PE) format? References: <19980930114936.M15172@freebie.lemis.com> <199809300231.MAA02510@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809300231.MAA02510@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 12:31:02PM +1000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, 30 September 1998 at 12:31:02 +1000, John Birrell wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >>>>> emulator, I want to build a Windows clone. The clone will use the FreeBSD >>>>> core kernel (use process/task/thread management, virtual memory modules >>>>> only). I'm sure most of you will have a strong opinion one way or another >>>>> about this. Let's hear them! >>>> >>>> Interesting. This parallels my ongoing work in rewriting FreeBSD in >>>> GNU Emacs LISP. >>> >>> I thought it has decided that rewriting the FreeBSD kernel in Java was >>> the more portable solution. >> >> This is very much a matter of opinion. Some say that Java's day is >> past, and maybe we should use Perl, TCL or Guile. Despite the GPL, I >> tend to Guile, and was planning to migrate the LISP version in that >> direction. > > Just as long as the final code works on my microwave. The target machine is initially a Sunbeam TurboToaster 112S, and you'll be pleased to know that I'm supporting the breadbun option right from the first beta. I anticipate having microwave support a few months later. Given the current lack of standardization in microwaves, it's likely to be a bumpy path, but I'll do my best. The web browser support will probably cause particular headaches. Which model do you plan to use? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message