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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for....

From vandys@vsta.org
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for....
Date 2012-07-20 17:14 +0000
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Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> wrote:
>> If you OTOH cross build the OSX Forth on a working MS Windows Forth
>> then you have to study the layout of the executables on OSX.
>> I use the built in knowledge of the OSX system tools.
> Oh yes, that's true, but once it's done you're free of those system
> tools.

Having dealt with targeting a.out, COFF, and ELF, my experience is that getting
a loadable executable is not that hard.  Symbol tables and debugging information
so that you can use the system's debug tools add a *lot* of complexity, and
these parts also tend to be the ones which churn with great regularity.

If you want your own self-hosted OS, be sure to look at GRUB.  The multiboot
header makes it trivial to build a bootable image.

-- 
Andy Valencia
Home page: http://www.vsta.org/andy/
To contact me: http://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html

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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-09 23:58 -0700
  Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-10 01:22 -0700
    Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-10 02:54 -0700
      Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-10 03:44 -0700
        Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-10 10:13 -0500
          Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-10 18:30 -0700
  Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-10 01:22 -0700
    Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-10 01:27 -0700
  Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 11:30 +0300
    Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-10 01:58 -0700
      Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 15:33 +0300
      Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-10 18:32 +0000
    Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-10 18:31 +0000
  Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-10 03:52 -0700
  Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-10 14:22 +0200
    Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-10 13:20 +0000
      Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-11 00:56 -0700
        Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-11 01:49 -0700
          Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-11 02:29 -0700
          Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-11 07:29 -1000
            Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-11 17:23 -0700
          Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-11 17:57 -0700
            Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-11 16:14 -1000
            Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-12 12:04 +0000
              Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-12 04:37 -0700
                Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-07-12 18:32 +0200
                Re: Anonimity was Re: doing exercises for starting etc. Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-13 01:37 +0000
                Re: learning forth, and you wak jobs quit changing the subject quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-07-17 16:22 -0700
      Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-18 23:56 +0000
        Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-19 11:35 +0000
          Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-19 06:58 -0500
            Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 12:48 +0000
              Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-19 09:03 -0500
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-19 16:07 +0200
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-19 08:51 -1000
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-19 19:15 +0000
            Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-19 18:27 +0000
              Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-19 12:55 -0500
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-19 12:31 -0700
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-19 22:48 +0200
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-21 21:25 -0700
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-20 04:04 -0500
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-20 08:14 -1000
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-21 01:28 -0700
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-20 15:02 +0000
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-20 11:24 -0500
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... vandys@vsta.org - 2012-07-20 17:14 +0000
                Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-20 19:45 +0200

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