Linux Kernel in D?

[Whatsthisnow via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 18 December 2016 at 03:05:13 UTC, Whatsthisnow wrote:
> I am basing the kernel on Linux because, well, I like Linux, 
> and its the only complete kernel with free source that I 
> currently know of.  Given that it is widely
> Used as an OS kernel, it kinda made sense to port it, give it a 
> new engine under the hood so to speak.  I would like to keep it 
> as close to the original as possible such that linux 
> programmers will still have a generally familiar environment to 
> work with, rather than having to learn an entirely new kernel.
>
> As far as GlibD, well the point of the project is to give 
> Linux, as a I said before, a metaphorical new engine under the 
> hood, so it wouldn't be sensible to not convert libc and the 
> coreutils etc to D as well since Linux requires them.  Plus, 
> this might be a good opportunity for the community, as well as 
> the creators of D, to incorporate some features into the kernel 
> that would benefit the D language itself.  I think i remember 
> reading somewhere, someone (maybe one of the creators) stated 
> that garbage collection should be done in the Kernel, well I 
> think this would be a perfect opportunity to test that as an 
> experimental feature.
>  Possibly pull GC out of the D libraries and put it in the 
> kernel for this project.
>
> Anyway, thats some of my thoughts on the project.

Having said that though, keeping it as familiar as possible, it 
would be a no brainer to make full use of D's features to make 
the kernel the best it can be.  I am no master with D at the 
moment, so I was hoping some community members might be 
interested in putting their hands in the project and committing 
some good code ports.