A Learning Tool for Programming Projects (2024)

Under usual conditions=, programmers these days are not much bothered about building a complete op=erating system from start. It indicates that most programmers are quite cap=able of building an OS, provided they get ample time to do so. Linus Torval=ds wrote the Linux Kernel as a hobby over the time period of several months= in the year 1991.

Another similar creation relates= with the development of the new & stable OS known as TempleOS. The jou=rney of TempleOS got the start in the year 1993 as a programmer's hobby. Af=ter going through brief development periods while also being shelved at tim=es, the project evolved to produce TempleOS as the final outcome.

<=strong>About the Stable TempleOS

TempleOS&=nbsp; is a multi-tasking, public domain, multi-cored, open source, ring-0-o=nly, non-networked, single-address-map, PC operating system meant basically= for recreational programming purposes.

It ships wi=th the modified version of C++ known as "HolyC," file system "Red Sea," and= FAT32 support. It has 8-bit ASCII support besides a 2D & 3D graphics l=ibrary, all of running at 640x480 (VGA) with 16 superb colors, while all ou=tputs sound via one-voice PC speaker. Moreover, its also possible to compil=e one's own distribution inside the TempleOS.

Curre=ntly, all of that as well as extensive documentation & demos happen in =121,691 code lines; demos using 22,242 lines while music organ composing so=ftware examples is 4,292 lines. The stable TempleOS fits easily in less tha=n 100,000 lines. Also, taking into account the TempleOS size and VGA graphi=cs limitations, it can be said that the demos are impressive.

TempleOS - A Great Learning Tool for Programmers

TempleOS is actually for hobbyist programmers t=hat are on single user home computers, rather than mainframes or servers. B=ut it is indeed preemptive multitasking. How does it bother running two app=s simultaneously twice as quick when you actually want to run only one fast=er ? It can be thus said that TempleOS also does master/slave multiprocessi=ng. The multicore's expected use is primarily to put graphics on the screen=. As Hardware graphics acceleration is not made use of, hence this is= possible.

One of the biggest reasons behind creati=ng this OS was to empower programmers with a brilliant learning tool. Livin=g up to that purpose, TempleOS has proved its worth as an educational tool =for the purpose of programming experiments. Its quite easy to understand, m=anipulate as well as work with. However, an end user will find it quite com=plex to draw a line onscreen in TempleOS as well as Commodore 64.

Hence, it would not be wrong to say that TempleOS has actual=ly come as a useful solution for all programmers, hardware designers and ed=ucators who are currently under the stress of facing the complexity of prog=ramming modern computers. Almost every programmer, software developer in India and abroa=d will find it as a decent helping hand when it comes to programming experi=ments.