>> However, and that's where I see the big problem, this system doesn't
comply with the set of common POSIX-standards and thus would require
huge changes or even complete rewrites of basic software we use every
day.
What do you think of minix 3?
http://wiki.minix3.org/en/DevelopersGuide/PosixAndMinix
> cd ~/code/minix
> find . -name "*.c" -or -name "*.h" | xargs wc -l
...
342686 total
Aaron
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:18 AM, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:51:26 +0100
> Paul Onyschuk <blink_AT_bojary.koba.pl> wrote:
>
>> I'm not completely sure if it's in interest of this mailing list, but
>> underlying philosophy isn't far away from that of suckless community.
>> Hope I don't upset anyone too much by posting this, on the other hand
>> maybe someone will find it useful.
>
> Hey Paul,
>
> I honeslty never heard of Project Oberon and I now read into the topic
> a bit more to find out. What bugs me is the fact Oberon is an object
> oriented programming language.
> This concept has already been discussed a lot on this ML and even
> though I can't speak for everyone, I prefer using procedural ones.
> However, considering how little time I spent reading into the language,
> I'm open for corrections.
>
> Now, looking at the Oberon Operating System, there definitely are some
> similarities.
> However, and that's where I see the big problem, this system doesn't
> comply with the set of common POSIX-standards and thus would require
> huge changes or even complete rewrites of basic software we use every
> day.
> I don't say every free operating system should be unix-like (hell, I'm
> open for new concepts!), but it sure makes it a hell lot easier to run
> a big set of software on it with relatively little work.
>
> What are your plans in this regard?
>
> Cheers
>
> FRIGN
>
> --
> FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
>
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