On Jan 3, 3:52 pm, David Schmenk <dschm...@sbcglobal.net> 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