> > Playing with virtual machines is great fun, though. Everyone should do > > it once, even if it seems like it is a little low-level. > > Pah! Everyone should also write their own language, with an interpreter > or compiler; they should write their own OS too, and at least one device > driver for some other OS.
Hehe. You mock, but I'm sad enough to have a little mental lists of 'programming things I want to do before I die'. -) Write a portable full featured e-mail client in Perl/Tk, so I can use it on both my Windows and Linux machines. (Started) -) Write a simple 32 bit multitasking OS, nothing fancy. (Researched most of this, completed a little) -) Port a C compiler to said OS -) Write a compiler of my own -) Develop my own microcontroller using FPGA. And lately, "Write a virtual machine" has been added to the list. Anyone else got any programming challenges they'd like to try and meet before their time is up? Pete
