Experimental OS development using D
Alexander Panek
a.panek at brainsware.org
Tue Jan 2 10:54:56 PST 2007
Harry Vennik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick replies.
>
> In general, most mentioned already is the question 'why C instead of D for the microkernel?'. The
> answer is that there is no OOP involved in the microkernel at all, and the added value of D would
> probably be nothing there. If any advantages of using D also for the microkernel become obvious, I'll
> likely change my mind, and indeed implement it in D too. Anyway, keep in mind: a micro kernel should
> really be micro! It would only implement page level memory management, a scheduler and an IPC
> meganism. The rest is up to the services.
Oh, trust me. OO does a good job here, too. Actually, if you take a look
at OCB, it's already doing it in an object oriented way, as far as
possible in C.
>
> @Alex: Very nice to hear there are more people with approximately the same idea. I haven't really
> looked at your source yet, but I will soon. And yes, you got it right: PoC is short for 'Proof of Concept'.
>
Great. Wanted to mention that phrase too, but didn't quite get a good
sounding sentence formulated.. X-P
> Regards,
>
> Harry
Best regards,
Alex
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