On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org> wrote:

> M.L. wrote:
> >> > Anyway, if you take the concept of task switching, add a few
> primitives
> >> > like
> >> > timers, inter-process communications (mutex, semaphore, queue, etc.)
> >> > you
> >> > have a basic operating system. If you add a standard format for
> loading
> >> > executables, memory protection, and resource management, you're
> >> > half-way
> >> > to
> >> > a decent desktop operating system.
> >>
> >> I don't get it. What is it with people's fascination with reinventing
> the
> >> wheel? :)
> >>
> >
> > Because the "wheel" is usually a full blown engine with transmission that
> > weighs 2500 pounds and you're trying to fit it in a 1cm^3 box. There's
> > nothing wrong with writing your own code. If nobody reinvented the wheel
> > we'd all be technicians soldering black boxes together.
>
> Martin, the problem with your guys' responses is that they make a lot of
> sense in a vacuum, but not in the situation we're discussing.
>

Vitaliy,
Your criticism to my 3 sentence response to your 2 sentence dig hardly
qualifies as a "discussion" that we are having. I don't know what the o.p.
is trying to do and it doesn't really matter. I was responding to your
nearly baseless blanket statement that people are fascinated by reinventing
the wheel.


> Using someone else's code does not preclude you from writing your own code.
>

Did I say it does?


>
> Vitaliy
>


Martin
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