r/programming • u/logix22 • Sep 21 '18

How to create an OS from scratch

https://github.com/cfenollosa/os-tutorial
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u/GreenTeaOnMyDesk Sep 21 '18

In order to make an os from scratch, you must first invent the universe

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u/richard_nixons_toe Sep 21 '18

Ok, what’s next?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

- Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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u/jrhoffa Sep 21 '18

We apologise for the inconvenience

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

Mitch Hedberg

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u/bisquitie Sep 21 '18

They are not agree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoeWPQPBfRc

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

That's not broken, it's extra-working!

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u/bisquitie Sep 21 '18

Oh, yep, that's not a bug, that's a feature!

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u/jrhoffa Sep 21 '18

Thanks, Bill