Re: A new OS for the IIGS

[gdr@eddore.myrias.com (Devin Reade)]

Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.

In article <51u91o$2j2@srv13s4.cas.org>,
Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org> wrote:

>Has anyone taken a look at Inferno to see what type of an effort it
>would be to port it to the GS?  I see from the web site at
><URL:http://achille.research.att.com/inferno/index.html> that it has
>been ported to a palm top with 29 k of memory.

I couldn't read much about it, because the machine handling the
links of interest (inferno.lucent.com) seems to not have a DNS
entry.

>The reason that I am interested is that I think having an OS with full
>source that is undergoing current development, along with a small, fast,
>OO language, might be a good kick in the seat to the IIgs.

It appears that the source is commercial and not publicly available.
Given that, I find it very unlikely that anyone will port it to the
IIgs.  Feel free to try to convince them, though.
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	Devin Reade	gdr@eddore.myrias.ab.ca