libd and the Slate project

[Bill Baxter]

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".]

--bb