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> Interim OS is a radical new operating system with a focus on minimalism. It steals conceptually from Lisp machines (language-based kernel) These two concepts
by cbd1984 11y ago
> Interim OS is a radical new operating system with a focus on minimalism. It steals conceptually from Lisp machines (language-based kernel)
These two concepts being so close together ("minimalism" and "Lisp") is practically an oxymoron, as far as Common Belief Structures go.
Minimalism is 6502 machine code as written by someone who honestly believes assemblers make code go slower. Don't you know that? /s
Meanwhile, this:
> It boots to a JITting Lisp-like REPL
... is basically Dalvik/Android. It's what we run on our phones, except our phones use Java, not Lisp, because Lisp Is Slow. Dogma. Can't challenge it. People look at you funny.