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This sort of thing no longer makes sense. It used to, back in the days when every cycle counted. Not today, more important is maintainability of the source co
by hoodoof 9y ago
This sort of thing no longer makes sense.
It used to, back in the days when every cycle counted.
Not today, more important is maintainability of the source code, because compiled C is fast enough.
Menuetos may be fast, but it also does less - for those who would compare to current OS's - it's not an apples versus apples comparison, no pun intended.
- wyldfire 9y agoMaintainability is a high-ranked concern for the project maintenance, for sure. But for the sake of the project's applicability and longevity, an even more important reason to write it in C is portability. It's an OS, after all. Porting Menuet to another architecture would likely be a significant amount of work. Whereas most OSs have very limited arch-specific portions.