From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) Subject: Re: dosemu and windows Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 01:11:07 GMT
In article <100211@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Howlin' Bob) writes:
>In <C7yoyF.5tH@ra.nrl.navy.mil> eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>
>> I agree. The way to go is the WABI way - emulating a machine will just
>>add a lot of overhead. I should also point out that if we do a good job with
>>something along the lines of WABI, there would be no pressing need to write a
>>new wordprocessor to wean the DOS users to linux.
>
>From a technical standpoint, this is certainly true.
>
>However, I simply cannot understand how it will be done. Unless
>someone can find /dev/manhours, the inexhaustible supply of
>programming effort, it just isn't going to happen. The best
How about the same way Linux was done. Divide and conquer.
That's the only way to get that silly WABI.
If someone were to just cobble together the stubs for the interface,
and prioritize them, many could work on them. It sounds like
an intrigueing project, especially when you say "can't".
Peter