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Originally posted by cowboyX
I am continuesly sickened by the climing suck factor of Microsoft and the out-of-reach pricing of a "decent" laptop these days so I am going to try and write a "decent" OS of my own and build a "decent" hand-held of my own. I need to know these things

What is the best programing language for this task?

A)C++

B)Basic

C)Java

D)some other language

First off, I would like to say that this thread is awsome, second, Visual basic, Compiler 2.2, and Java aren't going to be right for the job if you're practically making your own PC. Those codes are always translated through the OS system files, and you can only make an OS with Java if you have a Sun Microsystems server with a SPARC architexture.

ASM (Assembly code) is designed to work directly with i386 CPU's and up. (so i've heard) So as long as you don't use any native windows messages, you should be able to do this.

Please tell us what kind of lil' build you're making and we'll tell you what programming you need to work with.