On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Danilo Pecher via Freedos-devel wrote:
Tom, what's the joke with the references to Linux? Not that I would
mind. I've run Linux since 1994. Took home an early Slackware system
on 64 floppy disks, had to write an X11 driver for my weird-ass 512K
Realtek SVGA card and then ruined my eyes looking at 1024x768 pixels
interlaced, but why would FreeDOS require an interpreter from Linux?
If anything, OS/2 was the better DOS. Yout might have triggered me ito
proting Rexx...
A lot of FreeDOS novices seem to want to turn it into Linux, the same way
a lot of Linux novices seem to want to turn it into Windows - and I think
it probably galls some of the old-timers here.
REXX does actually exist on PC DOS 7, for what it's worth.
Also for what it's worth, if Microsoft ever opens the 5.0 sources (this
isn't a non-zero chance) that may be enough to use its version of
command.com in lieu of FreeCOM. 4.01's isn't enough - DIR needs work and
it's missing a couple important commands - but 5.0 is probably close
enough.
-uso.
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