Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

In our previous episode, Guillermo Mart?nez Jim?nez said: > > I think the problem here (again) is not the language, it's the critical > > mass of users of the language. Using C for Linux was a good bet, not > > because the language is good (Pascal is way better for me), but because C > > has a w

[fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be, possible ?

" Guillermo Mart?nez Jim?nez " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I disagree. C is better for write operating systems *by definition*: C was created to write UNIX, Pascal was created to learn good programming techniques. C is low/mid-level language, Pascal is high-level (and Object Pascal is even high

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way, Linux is good as it is now and Pascal isn't the best > option to create an operating system. Other than Object Pascal not being as popular/mainstream as C... is there any technical limitations in

[fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

Dear All , In relation to programming language to be used to program an operating sytem , the Burroughs Corporation is a very good example . ( I am NOT saying that porting Linux to Free Pascal is a good idea . There is MINIX3 , porting Free Pascal to MINIX3 could be a very good job . For 'why'

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

Link to the article about the AT&T UNIX OS and C http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Prince Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a direct reference from the Wikipedia article I referenced in my > prior post ... > > In 1973, Unix was rewritten in the C p

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

Here is a direct reference from the Wikipedia article I referenced in my prior post ... In 1973, Unix was rewritten in the C programming language, contrary to the general notion at the time "that something as complex as an operating system

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

Hello I don't mean to start a culture war here, but I think there is a bit of overstatement in this post that 'C' is somehow a better language for writing an OS in than say Pascal or OP or anything else. In point of fact, the only 'best' language for any processor is its own machine code which is

[fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

> Are you sure? Yes, I am. > doesn't older MacOS's versions where written in Object Pascal? Yes, it does, but as I said I think it wasn't the better options. > I think the problem here (again) is not the language, it's the critical mass > of users of the language. Using C for Linux was a good

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, Linux is good as it is now and Pascal isn't the best > option to create an operating system. Are you sure? doesn't older MacOS's versions where written in Object Pascal? I think the problem here (again) is n

[fpc-pascal] Re: Porting linux to pascal, would it be possible ?

> Would translating/porting linux to pascal be possible ? Possible? Yes it is. Worth of...? I'm afraid not. By the way, Linux is good as it is now and Pascal isn't the best option to create an operating system. Guillermo "Ñuño" Martínez ___ fpc-pasc