Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:13:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
cc: rgawenda AT pobox DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: source code
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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:

> > > > assemblers.  Oh, and a partridge in a pear tree...
> > > > (roughly taken from the FAQ.)  IMHO there is TOO MUCH ASM in the
> > > > tree.
> > >
> > >     Kernel must be total in the ASM, or you lost efficiency. B-|
> >
> > Perhaps someone could read in your words either that Linux isn't efficient (do you know some kernel better than that one) or even worse, that Linus should rewrite it in ASM (-:
> 
> It is a different can of worms - and yes,it isn't as efficient as, say,
> Real/32 is.

Bwahahahahahah!  Good one!  I've got real/32 here and although it
is a great OS, it is definately not comparable to what Linux
provides.  It is much better at multitasking than OpenDOS is
though, and is much more powerful.  Unfortunately it costs
upwards of $550 US.


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