C code (complied, maybe?, with a C++ compiler for things like variable scoping. I forget.) NetWare’s code almost assuredly was pure C as some of the processors it supported may not have had C++ compilers then? Compilation was done on an IBM RS6000, the same as for the Mac OS at the time, but debugging used a Mac running the MPW debugger (I forget the name) connected to another Mac that ran the code. The Metroworks compiler was just becoming a viable around the time the project was cancelled but all internal development, including MasOS used IBM machines as compile servers.
A tiny portion of the code by necessity was written in assembly (which I happened to work on) for thread switching and the page table.
Only Novel’s most common NLMs (apps) were available and no 3rd party ones were available at the time. The Beta would have gone to some number of NLM developers had it not gone out. Somewhere is an article about developing NLMs, I’ll try to find it and post a link.
A tiny portion of the code by necessity was written in assembly (which I happened to work on) for thread switching and the page table.
Only Novel’s most common NLMs (apps) were available and no 3rd party ones were available at the time. The Beta would have gone to some number of NLM developers had it not gone out. Somewhere is an article about developing NLMs, I’ll try to find it and post a link.