On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 08:59:03PM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > > Maybe, but 90% of FreeDOS users don't need programming languages > > Well it is open source, so it is good to show users > what coding can mean ;-)
Yes, but for starters the "modest" programming languages could be included: GW BASIC, 2-3 Forth compilers (they're tiny in size), C--, XPL0 etc. If I'm correct also the ones "released" by Embarcadero (while not open-sourced) Turbo Pascal 3.02 and Turbo C 2.01 also could be included. I mean the ones that have modest space requirements, while at the same time offer immediate results for beginner programmer (and just fun). And simply useful - they were used to create DOS applications, anyway. > A separate source code CD would be a nice idea indeed. My proposal is simple: - let's consider what "average DOS user" may need - surely not source code, neither Emacs nor Watcom C compiler - and let's pack "full featured" 650 MB CD. It still has menu that allows package selection, right? In the future, in case anything should be added there, then only at a "cost" of removing something first - when in a need for more - everything FreeDOS-related can be downloaded (maybe that online-installation tool by Mateusz Viste can be additional solution, if it's in "production ready" state) - additionally DVD iso-images can be created that will contain all these downloadable packages, to allow "offline installation", not relying on Internet Simple and straightforward, no "intermediate variants" -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
