From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Low level (GNAT) Ada?
Date: 1998/01/22
Date: 1998-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.885475746@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 885450093.13snx@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl
<<Dare I say it... Yep: the easiest way to do this sort of programming
is to use a DOS compiler.
>>
Actually the issue is less using a DOS compiler, than using a DOS
operating system, i.e. no operating system at all. Basically DOS is
a program loader that lets you load programs into a bare board environment,
and Jerry is quite right, if you want to mess with low level stuff like
IO ports, you don't *want* an operating system around at all! (and if
you do want to work with an OS, you are definitely in the device driver
area -- this is actually true with DOS also, if you want to "fit in"
to what little is there, you should also write a DOS device driver.
prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-01-22 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-20 0:00 Low level (GNAT) Ada? Matthew Kennedy
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1998-01-22 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-01-22 0:00 ` Matthew Kennedy
1998-01-24 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-01-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
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