Re: c/c++: a new adventure

["Ben Kohlen" <bkohlen@hotmail.com>]

At least someone understands my point.


>From: J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>
>Reply-To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
>To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
>Subject: Re: c/c++: a new adventure
>Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 10:13:03 -0700
>
>On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
>Wing Wong <buyer1342@saladlove.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, J C Lawrence wrote:
> >> Technically and practically DOS does not fulfill the definition
> >> of an Operating System.  DOS is simply a non-re-entrant program
> >> loader -- which is a far different thing, and a far lesser thing
> >> than an OS.
>
> > So basically, it's like a glorified BIOS or PROM Monitor?
>
>No, because it doesn't present any of the BIOS features to the
>users, and provide any query, or setting points for the BIOS.  In
>essence it all it does it manipulate a fils system long enough to
>build a filehandle, load the thing it points to into memory, and
>then point its own program counter at it.  Its a program loader.
>That's all.
>
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