On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 02:53:37PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann was heard to say: > > I know the top-level (generic > > microkernel vs. macrokernel) and the low-level (different commands, > > from the quickstart guides), but not the in-between (ie, what is a > > stranslator? what can it do? why do I use socket/2 when I set up the > > network? what is socket/2?) > > Well, the translator concept is one of the tihngs that are underdocumented, > but it is at least covered by some stuff. Please try the Debian GNU/Hurd pages > at http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd, especially ...hurd/hurd-doc-translator > in this case.
The translator documentation that you pointed to is a nice overview from a user's point of view, but I have (so far) been unable to work out how to actually *write* a translator. (I also haven't had time for a month or two to try..) Would it be possible for someone (preferably someone who knows something about this topic ;-) ) to write some quick documentation on how to write a very simple translator? A "hello, world!" type of program, for example, would be very useful; perhaps a tiny translator that just prints the above message when 'cat'ed, or shows a file containing "Hello, world!" when "ls"'ed? I'd try typing something up, but aside from the problem of not knowing when I'll have time, there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation here.. Daniel -- We are Debian of Borg. You will be packaged. Resistance is futile.
