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

[Sean Conner <sean@...>]

It was thus said that the Great HyperHacker once stated:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 09:31, Sean Conner <sean@conman.org> wrote:
> > It was thus said that the Great HyperHacker once stated:
> >>
> >> A much easier method though might be to hack a Linux kernel. And no
> >> matter which method you choose, proprietary graphic drivers present a
> >> problem...
> >
> >  Even easier would be a Linux system with a custom init program (process
> > 1) written in Lua.
> >
> That sounds like about what I meant by "hack a Linux kernel". I don't
> know Linux's innards very well, but I'm guessing by the sound of it no
> actual kernel hacking would be necessary?

  You can think of the Linux kernel as a read-made library that handles all
the low-level stuff of managing a computer.

  -spc