[clean-list] Re: Clean and the Open-Source community

[Arjen van Weelden]

Geoffrey Plitt wrote:
> I'm also a Clean enthusiast. I'd love to contribute to this project if
> it became more active in the open source communities, and get more
> ports in working order. Keep those releases coming! Any schedule
> estimates?
> 
> Question: When you say "Hilde" is only compatible with certain OSes, I
> am confused. Do you mean it only _builds_ on certain OSes?
> 
> Geoff
> 
[snip]

(Arnout did not say that, I did.)

Hilde only links on Windows because her code refers to symbols in the 
Windows system libraries. Since it also uses those functions/symbols, it 
will only run on Windows. Replacing the Windows system calls with, for 
example, Linux system calls should be easy.

The main problem is this:
Due to lack of dynamic I/O and linking, the Esther shell cannot read or 
write dynamic files and the Famke kernel cannot start, or communicate 
with, other processes because it cannot transfer code to other 
processes. This makes Hilde severely crippled and unworkable because she 
cannot perform her main tasks.

regards,
	Arjen