libd and the Slate project

Sean Kelly sean at f4.ca
Sat Jan 5 09:32:57 PST 2008


Bill Baxter wrote:
> guslay wrote:
>> Christian Kamm Wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not affiliated with this project in any way. However, I almost 
>>> didn't
>>> notice it on the schedule and thought people might be interested.
>>>
>>> On December 28th there will be a talk about "libd and the Slate 
>>> project" at
>>> the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany.
>>>
>>> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/events/2321.en.html
>>>
>>> Summary:
>>> We present libd, a high-level runtime for the D programming language 
>>> and the
>>> Slate project, an attempt at a high-level OS and environment built upon
>>> libd, as the next major step in improving the state of programming
>>> environments and operating systems. With high-level abstractions, and
>>> sensible design, the state of implementation of open-source OSes can
>>> improve. We leverage existing kernels when implementing Slate, and 
>>> put an
>>> extensive (abstraction-oriented) architecture above the kernel to 
>>> present
>>> the user (or programmer) with a system they can use by having to do 
>>> less to
>>> perform a specific function. Our virtual machine approach also allows 
>>> for
>>> security verification on a level not seen in *nix OSes before.
>>>
>>> Usually, live steams and video recordings are available:
>>> http://events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Conference_Documentation
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Christian Kamm
>>
>>
>> Quick links
>>
>> Slides:
>> http://www.slate-project.org/res/os_2_0_talk.pdf
>>
>> Video [the mkv torrent was really fast]: 
>> http://outpost.h3q.com/fnord/24c3-torrents/24c3-2321-en-d_libd_and_the_slate_project.mkv.torrent 
>>
>> http://outpost.h3q.com/fnord/24c3-torrents/24c3-2321-en-d_libd_and_the_slate_project.mp4.torrent 
>>
> 
> These Obj C-like "message passing" modifications to the D language sound 
> intriguing.  Any more about that?  Is it actually implemented or are you 
> just thinking aloud still?  [I ask because one of the slides lists 
> implementation as a "future direction" ... "perhaps".]

The messaging has been implemented since last summer.  I'll leave those 
who are involved with the project to say more about it.


Sean



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