Messages in this thread | | | From | Rick Hohensee <> | Subject | libsys for GNU/Linux | Date | Sun, 5 Sep 1999 23:36:52 -0400 (EDT) |
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I just posted a libsys.a-type thing to comp.lang.forth. It's C code wrappers for most of the Linux system calls. The easy ones. This can be built as a library or pasted into an app to allow writing non-trivial C programs without libc, which is important when you're trying to write something that isn't C, in C. It might also be handy for install utils, rescue utils, or porting scenarios. I post here because this also emphasizes the importance of the kernel. A Forth or similar environment based on this could easily provide a complete user-space development environment in only 200k additional space over the size of the kernel. That wouldn't allow kernel maintenance, of course. "Not just unix, necessarily, but, , beautiful." to mis-quote my favorite bluesman.
This release is PD. If you want a copy and don't want to deal with usenet email me.
Rick Hohensee :; cLIeNUX0 /dev/tty2 r 23:11:32 /source/core/STATIC/libsys :;wc libsys.a 326 2303 136718 libsys.a
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