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Building Your Own Operating System?

Posted by Cliff on from the go-your-own-road dept.

sonictooth asks: "I have dreams of writing a toy operating system, as I know some people have already done in college. Unfortunately, I don't have that opportunity. I was wondering what books (as there are so many) and methods people [have used], either in college or on their own. Amazon is littered with books from varying authors, Tanenbaum in particular, and there are both positive and negative reviews of his books. Does anyone recommend a simple book to walk you through the early stages, and then explain the more complex theories later on."

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  1. Re:The Operating System Says... BOOOOT! by IPFreely · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...
    if a=4 print "Three singing pigs say LA LA AL!"

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    There is nothing so silly as other peoples traditions, and nothing so sacred as our own.
  2. Re:The Operating System Says... BOOOOT! by gbr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Somebodies reading too much Sndra Boynton (not sure of the spelling there).

  3. Re:The Operating System Says... BOOOOT! by IPFreely · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Got it memorized, along woth most of the others in the collection. Kids.

    I worked up an alternate wording once that included "Four singing Bugs say YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!". It was mostly pop music based, Beatles and others. Too bad I forgot most of it.

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    There is nothing so silly as other peoples traditions, and nothing so sacred as our own.