On 27 Jan 2011, at 11:51, Norman Dunbar wrote: > I may regret starting this, but as the subject says, what would you like > to see in QDOSMSQ given that we were starting from scratch with the > intention of writing a completely new OS? > > Disclaimer: No, I'm NOT thinking of writing one! > > For me, the following: > > * Ability to hook into the OS from any language, Basic, Assembler, C, > whatever. >
That's true of SMSQE > * A windowing system that is simple to use. From any language. > This also is true of SMSQE > * Libraries that applications can link to at run time, as opposed to > static linking at compile time. > How would that work? If I write a program I like to know in advance what it will contain > * Multitasking, obviously! > True of SNSQE > * A file system that is not restricted to 36 characters. See > http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2009/05/whats-wrong-with-this-file-system/ > for a pseudo-rant on the matter. > Well - that's not in SMSQE. > * Industry standard floating point format. > OK for Q40/60 FPU > * Industry standard graphics format(s) - PNG, for example. JPG if we > must! SVG would be nice. > Photon displays JPEG on a QL > * Speed and efficiency! ;-) > > QPC2 is rather faster, with SMSQE, than even Q40/60. So, presumably, SMSQE is more than half way there? George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
