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There is no such thing as a serious ASM OS

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AlonzoTG:
I noticed the postings about pathetic little assembly OSes and had to make a response. Anyone who thinks an assembler OS is worth-while knows alot but understands little.

The key here is an understanding of computers and what they are. They are best thought of as language processing devices. So any sucessful OS will be designed to support the broadest variety of high-level languages.

Furthermore, to permit the advancment of hardware design, it is necessary that as much of the OS as possible be written in a high level language so that it can be easily ported to new platforms.

I have spent many years designing my own OS, Sphere. The design is VERY good though not quite perfect. Sadly I have neither the resources nor the talent to code even a prototype on my own. =\

suselinux:

--- Quote from: AlonzoTG ---Anyone who thinks an assembler OS is worth-while-----understands little.

I have neither the resources nor the talent to code
--- End quote ---



So Calum dosen't understand anything, but nieither do.

Your argument is a little thin

mobrien_12:
Someone told me that os/2 Warp 4 was an ASM OS.....

I'm doubtful, but I don't know enough about it.  Can anyone confirm this?

Laukev7:
I used OS/2, and it's certainly not assembly, since there is also a very rare version for PPC. Like Windows NT, which contains OS/2 code and has a similar API, it's probably made of C/C++, and a bit of REXX.

suselinux:

--- Quote from: Laukev7 ---I used OS/2, and it's certainly not assembly, since there is also a very rare version for PPC. Like Windows NT, which contains OS/2 code and has a similar API, it's probably made of C/C++, and a bit of REXX.
--- End quote ---


OS/2 for PPC.....really? when?


did you imply that NT was on PPC as well?

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