From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:36:38 +1100 From: Adrian Tritschler Subject: Re: [9fans] Hello Assembly In-reply-to: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <266b5e8c012b5d437346a87216ac5005@terzarima.net> <20080210085626.GA801@shodan.homeunix.net> <1B092861-2EA7-4A22-921D-A2C2F91F59DC@mac.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4f0663de-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Anant Narayanan writes: >> I am working on rewriting an operating system that avoids this >> philosophy for the purpose of teaching assembly language. So far, I >> have 2% of the code (I started a rewrite), and I don't know if my >> code is 100% right. > > There's an OS (complete with a Window Manager, IDE, Web Browser, and >even some games) written entirely in assembly: http://www.menuetos.net/ Or, if you want something at the other end of the spectrum, there's an OS "with modular microkernels using the C# programming language." http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080208-developers-create-open-source-os-kernels-using-net-tools.html > Everyone has 24 hours in a day, but some use it more than others ;) Indeed > Anant Adrian