18 Oct
2005
18 Oct
'05
12:41 a.m.
Why all the excitement?
Who uses assembler for serious anything these days?
Ok in my day I used debug.exe because it came with DOS.
Now chip sizes are so large and processors so fast it would be a joke.
Today I would use AWK.exe, and if I needed to get tight assembler, compile it with TAWK.
or Mawk.
Then if I were mad enough, hand craft out the redundency, or write another in AWK program
to do it.
You will get more Wow for your effort.
If anybody from ros is really in need of assembler then something is sus.
Regards and rosucceed
Justin
---- Redefined Horizons <redefined.horizons(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wow! Great news!
Now let me ask about volunteering to help with the project. I'd like to get
some experience programming in assembly language and/or machine code.
Is there any need for this on the ReactOS project? Can I start on some
simple assembly language programming tasks for ReactOS and have someone that
can guide me through the tough spots?
Let me know if I can help in this area.
Scott
On 10/17/05, KJKHyperion <hackbunny(a)reactos.com> wrote:
>
> Redefined Horizons wrote:
>
> > [1] Is ReactOS built on a Unix core, or is it a new operating
> > sytem from the ground up?
>
> ReactOS is all-original, written from the ground up as a clone of the
> Windows design
>
> > [2] Can you dual boot with ReactOS and a Linux operating system like
> > Debian? If you can, is there a place where I can find instructions on
> > how to do so?
>
> yes, see
> <http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/HOWTO/boot_FreeLoader_from_GRUB>
>
> > [3] Does an application that runs on Microsoft Windows have to be
> > ported before it can be run on ReactOS?
>
> No
>
> > Can I try installing the program to see how it works?
>
> Yes
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