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From: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
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* Eric Salomé <esalome@ctx.net> [060526 14:57]:
> Grub legacy's lack of scripting feature, but also a need for modularity,
> expandability + a project I care for (and personal experience among
> other things), mix that and it gets : 
> why not try Grub + Forth to see how it goes ?
> 
> Let's call it "Roboot".
 
Something very similar exists already. Its called OpenBIOS. See 
www.openbios.org for more details.

Stefan

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