On Dec 29, 2007 9:20 AM, Sander van Rossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cool, good idea > I noticed this sentence though: > > This problem was the hardest to tackle, as there were two popular > options and to supporters of one option, the other one was > undesirable.
The relevant paragraph is now: "There were two directions being considered, both supported by various SharpOS participants. We could drop the C#-only requirement and write/adopt a Common Language Runtime written in an unmanaged language, or we could (as some called it) "pervert" C# into working as a low-level language. Or, at least that was the debate. As it turns out, C#'s existing low-level facilities were more than enough to get the job done. We took the latter, keeping C# as our exclusive language and writing the low level guts using a C# that spoke in pointers, structures, and allocations. In order to actually be able to run this low-level C# though, we would need to be able to convert IL (the platform-independent magical format used by the CLR and .NET) to native machine code that could be run without any operating system at all." I think there might be too many C#'s in it now though. > Also, talking about one developer this one developer that.. it gets > confusing.. better use actuall names.. > and maybe also refer that more and more developers are joining in the > effort.. the article makes it sound as if there are still only 2 > persons working on it.. I attempted to be more specific in a few places and also to dispel that feeling of only 2 developers on the project. certainly wasnt my intent-- I actually posted it a little too soon, before I edited it thoroughly. As a good side result though, its open and transparent to the project participants :-D > also, i noticed that the article links to the "end users' guide", > which is not implemented. > maybe we could use a wiki todo page for things that still need to be > done wiki-wise.. Good idea. -- fury long name: William Lahti handle :: fury freenode :: xfury blog :: http://xfurious.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
