> The other alternative would be to ditch C altogether and go with ASM > (since I *know* there's assemblers that fit the bill), but it's way too > late to do THAT, and I don't think anyone who has the capability to do so > is bothered enough to go that far (though to be fair, if someone WERE to > try to create a free DOS clone - even just the rudiments like the kernel > and command.com and such - completely in ASM and try to make it > functionally equivalent in those parts to at least MS-DOS 3.3, I'd offer > any support I could to such a project, since I've wanted to do a "trim > the fat" DOS clone for years and years).
you could help Christian to bring RxDOS into a usable state (and report how much fat this saves with how much work) good luck though, as I don't expect this to ever happen. just surprise me ;) http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=15165 Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel