Re: NetBSD Lua kernel drivers on Slashdot

[Ross Bencina <rossb-lists@...>]

On 17/02/2013 7:39 PM, steve donovan wrote:
> http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/13/02/16/2329259/netbsd-to-support-kernel-development-in-lua-scripting
>
> Divided between 'WTF' and 'really cool' reactions...

This, and the other recently posted link about userspace ethernet 
drivers [1] reminds me of Massalin's Synthesis operating system [2,3] -- 
a system where OS components are aggregated and jit-compiled on the fly. 
Massalin's PhD thesis is a fascinating read.

An entire operating system kernel written in Lua would be pretty cool.

Ross.


[1] > 
http://blog.lukego.com/blog/2013/01/03/snabb-switchs-luajit-ethernet-device-driver/

[2] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SynthesisOs

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexia_Massalin