>> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:51:26 +0100 > Paul Onyschuk <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >
