From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) Subject: Re: dosemu and windows Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 07:04:15 GMT
In article <100264@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Howlin' Bob) writes:
>In <1993Jun2.011107.21248@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>>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".
>
>I have never said "can't." I have just said "a vicious bitch."
>I am defending myself, not trying to discourage others. I can't count
>the "why don't you do ... it would be easy ... but I won't" letters
>I get every week. As I said, it's possible, but a huge pain in the
Amazin, I get those same letters myself. Anyways, I suggest maybe
we should pool together and work on a WinAPI translation library
that would allow Windows C code to be compiled under Linux. Then,
when/if that works, it should simplify implementing a runtime emulator
significantly.
BTW, I also think native apps are a good idea. But, we have enough people,
why not have both :-).
Peter