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from: David Schmenk
date: 2009-01-03 20:01:06
subject: Re: Idea: Multitasking graphical OS for the GS

mdj wrote:
> On Jan 3, 3:52 pm, David Schmenk  wrote:
> 
>> Another important piece to consider is the development environment.
>> Writing a core multitasking kernel isn't particularly difficult, but
>> having tools such as compilers and debuggers is a large part of the
>> project - sometimes larger than the kernel itself. If you want to make
>> it open source, you'll want to find a tool suite that can be made easily
>> available.  Do you want to self-host or do you want to cross-compile?
>> Determination of the tools might even help dictate the design and
>> complexity of the kernel.
> 
> The reliance on a commercial tool chain has always been an impediment
> to IIgs development... Well, that plus the 5 manuals you'll need to
> buy. I guess there's Merlin 16, but a non-Unixy toolchain just seems
> 'wrong' nowadays
> 
> Matt

So who is going to add 65816 support to gcc ;-)
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