Jory A. Pratt wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > >>XP runs just fine on a P3-850 w/256MB Ram. >> >>There isn't a line of VB in the source code to Windows. >> >> > >Actually everything but the kernel is c++ I could prove it but would be >in violation of a copyright law ... xp was build on VB and VC. Problem >with any windows version is it is setup to run on too much hardware wich >makes it buggy as all hell to begin with. Another good resource to back >my claims is to speak with Daniel Drobbins he works for them fools now >and can back my entire statement. The kernel they use is C++ that is the >reason it takes so long to start windows on a machine that is now up to >recommend specs. >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFC84/lGDfjNg8unQIRApRJAKCDWuqbLwulIlxZqiyAg4jcuoj/fACfXsY+ >aXrKKTh/SADq83ZF9mG6cUY= >=dXkB >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > I too have seen the source code and each of the files have an extension of .c. Even without the aforementioned code, you could use third party tools to analyze specific applications and determine if anything used the VB runtime.
Why would the kernel being written in C++ affect anything vs. vanilla C? I doubt it would make use of any of the slow and bloated C++ features such as iostream and vectors.... the language is just a way to more efficiently manage memory and pass reference parameters. He works in the Platform Evangelization group anyway, "helping Microsoft to better understand open-source projects".... not Windows development. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050805/b96bc430/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 5 13:14:30 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad Bendily) Date: Fri Aug 5 13:13:54 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] AMD Athlon? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone have an AMD Athlon processor lying around that they would like to sell? I am looking for something at least 1Ghz, but no more than 1.4Ghz (The motherboard doesn't support faster than 1.4). I've looked on ebay, but I'm not happy about the options there. Thanks Brad B.
