From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Ridge Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: any thoughts on guile as a kernel extension language Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:12 -0500 Message-ID: <2AC1792F-BE61-4FDB-A653-767523DEA09F@mac.com> References: <87d3aee516.fsf@gmx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327133626 17087 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2012 08:13:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "guile-user@gnu.org" To: Eric Schulte Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 21 09:13:41 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RoW4z-0005zI-2f for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:13:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RoW4y-0000wy-Fa for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:13:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37926) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RoKG5-00028w-Tw for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RoKG4-0006k9-G9 for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:21 -0500 Original-Received: from nk11p99mm-asmtpout003.mac.com ([17.158.233.224]:39516) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RoKG4-0006jp-AJ for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [10.251.199.23] (238.sub-174-255-33.myvzw.com [174.255.33.238]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp993.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0LY400LYM3SDL940@nk11p03mm-asmtp993.mac.com> for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:36:16 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7361,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-01-20_04:2012-01-20, 2012-01-20, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1201200209 In-reply-to: <87d3aee516.fsf@gmx.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-Received-From: 17.158.233.224 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:13:37 -0500 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:9171 Archived-At: I saw this done with Guile for Linux circa 1999. I think that it would work out better today with Cinquecento (www.cqctworld.org) as the Scheme. Cinquecento is a C-syntax Scheme dialect built for systems and debugger programming. Cheers, Dan On Jan 20, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Eric Schulte wrote: > The following immediately made me think of guile. > http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/ > > I wonder if there is anything like this in the works on the GNU front > with the HURD as guile's natural kernel partner. Sorry I have nothing > useful to contribute, I just thought it worthwhile to raise the prospect > (specter?) of such integration in case it hadn't already crossed the > minds of those with the ability to one day actually implement it. > > Cheers, > > -- > Eric Schulte > http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ >