dat01@amnesix.liu.se (Dat) (11/15/88)
Don't you think it's time to throw away AmigaDOS? How about a nice no-BCPL dos in ROM? Sound nice, eh? But what about compatibility? Maybe there is a solution. My idea (flames/comments encouraged): Implement the old 'dos.library' as a disk-based library. When an old program accesses this dos, it's really using the new dos but with the yuccy BCPL-structures built on top of the new clean C-structures provided by the new dos. Programs using the new dos (ADOS? CAOS?) would never have to worry about BCPL. Ok, where did I go wrong? Is it possible? Please... /Mikael
steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats) (11/18/88)
In article <1044@amnesix.liu.se> dat01@amnesix.liu.se (Dat) writes: >Don't you think it's time to throw away AmigaDOS? > >How about a nice no-BCPL dos in ROM? Sound nice, eh? >But what about compatibility? Maybe there is a solution. > > Implement the old 'dos.library' as a disk-based library. > When an old program accesses this dos, it's really using > the new dos but with the yuccy BCPL-structures built > on top of the new clean C-structures provided by the new > dos. > > Programs using the new dos (ADOS? CAOS?) would never have > to worry about BCPL. > >Ok, where did I go wrong? Is it possible? Please... > But what about the contents of DOS packets ? Or how about the 'in-memory' structures that everyone happily scans ? Sheesh, I wish we could do 2.0 ! Steve