Re: Lua-based OS (was: Safe Lua)

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 06:39, Elias Barrionovo <elias.tandel@gmail.com> wrote:
> eLua ( http://www.eluaproject.net/ ) was reported to run on a pentium with
> no OS underneath it:
> http://wiki.eluaproject.net/Booting%20eLua%20on%20a%20PC
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> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Pierre Chapuis <catwell@archlinux.us> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 05:50:38 -0600, HyperHacker wrote:
>>
>>> I have thought about the idea of a Lua-based OS, and it could
>>> certainly be interesting...
>>
>> I too think such a project would be interesting. It has already
>> been tried at least once:
>>
>> http://outofhanwell.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/khoros-a-lua-operating-system/
>> Sadly the source code is no longer accessible.
>>
>> Does anybody here know where it could be found or if there have
>> been other attempts at running a Lua application without OS support?
>>
>> --
>> Pierre Chapuis
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> NI!
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Aha, that seems like exactly the kind of "mini-kernel" I was thinking
of. Next step would be to add some functions for Lua to talk to the
peripherals, and go from there...

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