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From: dcn@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (david.c.newkirk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Anyone had experience with XINU for Mac?
Keywords: UNIX XINU OS Macintosh
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Date: 16 Aug 89 18:46:30 GMT
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I am skimming through the new edition of the XINU book* for the Mac, and
wondered if anyone has tried it out?  The book doesn't say much about
the C compiler they used.  I'm about ready to order the disk, but I need
to know what kind of C tools I need.  I have Lightspeed Pascal and like
their setup for development and debugging, but the book implies that a
more conventional (UNIX-like) tools are required.

So if anyone has tried it, send your opinions and I'll collect them.  If
enough people are interested, I'll post a summary.  Thanks.

					Dave Newkirk, att!ihlpm!dcn

*Operating System Design - Volume I: The XINU Approach, by Douglas Comer
 and Steven Munson, 1989.  XINU is a UNIX-like (but not look-alike)
 operating system written almost entirely in C, in a simple, layered
 design so that it can be taught effectively in graduate CS classes.
 It's also an inexpensive way to get a lot a UNIX functionality without
 buying AUX.  Even though XINU isn't a commercially supported product, it
 sounds like a nice system to tinker with - dcn.