[OpenBIOS] Open Firmware / Forth
Stefan Reinauer
stepan at coresystems.de
Sat Oct 7 22:54:50 CEST 2006
Dear Mr. Duck ;-)
> I would want to rewrite an Open Firmware with Ficl or Factor. Will this be
> possible ?
Depends on what your requirements are. Possible is always everything as
long as you are willing to change enough code ;)
Since there is soon half a dozen open source openfirmware, the question
is: Do you _really_ want to reinvent the wheel another time.
I saw your requests to the LinuxBIOS mailinglist and other lists before,
asking interesting questions and never coming up with anything after
that, so I keep this really short. If you are serious with your attempt
come back with more detailed questions rather than a list of links.
> Open Firmware requires Forth, and Forth is a great fit to the
> specific requirements of a boot firmware anyway. Any language
> that needs garbage collection of any sort is right out, completely
> unsuitable.
In practice, this is pretty much true.
> Thank you for your answer,
well, .. Dont know what to say...
Stefan
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