Hello Ed
Having a 64bit OS/2 system would be nice; but since from what I'm seeing in this thread, the number of people that can actually do that is slowly decreasing by the year. Am I right? Is it possible to even modernize the OS/2 code or does it require a rewrite?
There had been some discussion about the 64bit kernel for OS/2. - "
OS/2 - ArcaOS 64Bits Kernel Discussion"
I'm not an expert but for what we have discuss I can say:
- We don't have the required labor resources to create a 64bit kernel at this moment.
- If we create an OS/2 64bit kernel, it has to be compatible with 32bits, otherwise all the OS/2 software won't work.
- There is no source code available (legally) of the OS/2 kernel, which make it more labor intensive to implement.
- In the case we get an 64bit kernel, we need to have the development tools to start creating 64bit OS/2 applications.
- If we remember the old days, the market had a difficult change to 64bits. Intel Itanium failed, Windows versions were incompatible (Windows XP 64bits), they have to fall back, wait more years to have a easy going 32bits to 64bits application transition.
So, yes it is kind of hard right now. Buy maybe if AI evolves for software development, some development can be automatized requiring less labor.
What is OS/2? the kernel? the applications? the WPS?. My idea is that maybe OS/2 is the desktop experience and the applications we use. That why my approach is more to have an already available 64bit kernel and create the OS/2 interpretation over it.
Regards