A different kind of Walter? :-)

[Alexander Panek]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:06:40 +0000 (UTC)
John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:26:59 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> 
> > Alexander Panek wrote:
> >> I'm sure going to spend some time getting a proper codebase for
> >> further development done, and write some documentation about how
> >> to actually get to the point of being able to write an operating
> >> system with D. I think that's a major weak point of D, as it
> >> claims to be a systems language, but there's no actual system
> >> written in it from scratch, neither documentation on how to
> >> achieve that.
> > 
> > Andrei suggested that the source code for Minix, which is fairly
> > small, could be transliterated from C almost directly into D. This
> > would neatly resolve the issue, and provide a starting point for
> > anyone wanting to take it further.
> 
> 
> Minix3?  That would be a great idea!  I was thinking how translating
> Minix3 would be a good start for a D kernel.
> 
> -JJR

Well I think, when there's enough interest and a few people who'd like
to help, we (read as: the D community) could
start doing so, anyways. It'd at least help understanding the basic
principles of operating system development. :)