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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS 4.x features
- Date: 01 Mar 96 13:14:09 +0500
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- On or about 29-Feb-96 04:41:59 Bernhard Fastenrath typed the following words
- about "AmigaOS 4.x features". My reply is thus...
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- BF> When the subject "OS features" is brought up everybody starts talking abo
- BF> memory protection and virtual memory. Let's they that will be taken care
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- BF> There are some other features I'd like to discuss:
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- BF> - ARexx was nice (and still is) but there's room for improvement.
- BF> I'd like to see python (http://www.python.org) either as a
- BF> second (official(!)) language or as the successor of ARexx.
- BF> Python can even be used for applets (like Java).
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- BF> - source code win32 API compatibility!? (NO, I don't want it but
- everybo
- BF> else is going this way, so it might be a good idea ...)
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- BF> - soft/hard links (don't tell me we already have links)
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- BF> - a hidden flag for assignments the user doesn't want to see (If
- BF> program XY wants XY: assigned to its home I'm not interested).
-
- BF> - it should also be possible to list multi-directory assignments
- BF> like one directory (the toronto virtual filesystem for OS/2
- implements
- BF> this and unix-like mount points). (If devs: is assigned to
- BF> sys:devs and local:devs "ls devs:network" should list the contents of
- BF> sys:devs/network and local:devs/network :-)
-
- This is already possible if you have WShell by Bill (ARexx) Hawes. The path-
- handler that comes with WShell does exactly that. :<)
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- BF> - Workbench should be multi-threaded (and allow grid positioning
- BF> like ******* ** (no that's not "Clean Up")).
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- BF> - low level game library (not really an OS feature)
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- BF> - MacOS binary compatibility (ShapeShifter)
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- BF> --
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- BF> _|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_///_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_
- BF> _| Bernhard Fastenrath /// http://titan.cs.bonn.edu/~fasten/ :
- BF> _| fasten@cs.bonn.edu \\\/// - XWorkbench 0.2 (Amiga Workbench for X1
- BF> _| fasten@shw.com \XX/ - Ext2 filesystem 0.5b for AmigaDOS, 0.3
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- BF> Hi, I'm not a signature virus. Why don't you just copy me into your signa
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