Re: Curiosity: Microkernel implemented in Guile ?

["Ricardo G. Herdt" <r.herdt@posteo.de>]

Never tried it myself, but in case you are interested in exploring 
Scheme for this kind of development, check Loko Scheme, which runs on 
bare-metal and is developed to be a "platform for application and 
operating system development":

https://scheme.fail/

There is also a #loko channel on libera.

Ricardo

Am 23.06.2022 08:57 schrieb Mikael Djurfeldt:
> To my knowledge, the answer is no. No such attempt has been made.
> 
> The Guile language is essentially Scheme. Scheme lacks various 
> constraints,
> with regard to typing, memory management, etc, needed for it to be 
> compiled
> to predictable and near maximally efficient machine code, something 
> which
> is needed, at least for portions of the code, when implementing a 
> useful
> microkernel.
> 
> In theory, it is possible to extend the language for such purposes, 
> though.
> 
> An alternative high level language which can be used to implement a 
> kernel
> is Rust.
> 
> Best regards,
> Mikael
> 
> Den tors 23 juni 2022 08:12Matias Jose Seco Baccanelli <
> matias_jose_seco@autoproduzioni.net> skrev:
> 
>> Good morning Guilers!
>> Being a huge fan of Libre Software and Guile powers, i was having a 
>> big
>> curiosity in regards to the kernel languages arena:
>> was ever made an attempt to implement a Microkernel from scratch in
>> Guile language ?
>> Isn't a cool mix the functional approach of Guile and the modular one
>> of Microkernel ? (and loads of more features i suppose!)
>> 
>> Feels like a nice recipe for User Empowerment !
>> Just asking as a total beginner on this topic,
>> Happy Hacking!
>> Matias
>> 
>>