classic operating systems

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Mon Mar 15 12:13:16 1999

Hi
 Although, not specifically an operating system, Forth
can be used as an operating system. The normal disk
I/O can be easily expanded to include file systems.
Many tools for all kinds of things have been done
in Forth. Examples: editors, assemblers, compilers,
spread sheets, etc. If you have an old system with
no OS, Forth is always an option. Implementing Forth
on a machine is one of the few things I've always
felt was something that didn't take a company staff
to do. Once the basic core was implemented, one
could expand it to whatever one wanted. I've done
several over the years.
Dwight
Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 12:13:16 GMT