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Its actually much easier then it sounds, we had an undergrad write an entire windowing system on-top of implementing the rest of the OS for undergraduate operat
by jroesch 11y ago
Its actually much easier then it sounds, we had an undergrad write an entire windowing system on-top of implementing the rest of the OS for undergraduate operating systems at UW in a single quarter (2.5 months~).
- jstimpfle 11y agoAlso relating to the whole thread, I think these kinds of statements are dangerous. What is a "windowing system" here? There is a huge spectrum. If a windowing system were so easy, why has Wayland taken such a long time? It's best to give a link to the project so people can see what problems were actually solved and how useful it is in practice. I have been thinking hard about a simple plain text file format and associated tools for the last couple months. Sounds nowhere near as impressive. Yet I hope the end result could eventually make a practical difference.