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Look to Mobile OSs for innovation in OS design. Like the author stated, it's currently where the money is. It's the closest we have to "starting over" and alot
by jonahss 9y ago
Look to Mobile OSs for innovation in OS design. Like the author stated, it's currently where the money is. It's the closest we have to "starting over" and alot of things were rethought, such as security and sandboxed apps. IPC is limited to start, but slowly growing.
I wouldn't be surprised if the workstation OSs of the future grew out of our current Mobile OSs
- pjmlp 9y agoThis is what I would like to see on desktops. Unsafe code constrained to the bottom layers of the OS, with everything else on memory safe languages.
- wolfgke 9y ago> Unsafe code constrained to the bottom layers of the OS, with everything else on memory safe languages. Chrome, that is used on Android and is a large code base, is written mostly in C++, which you would probably not call a memory safe language.
- pjmlp 9y agoYeah but writing web apps in HTML/CSS/JavaScript is not the same as using C++. I would prefer the lower layers also to be written in a memory safe systems programming language, but having the userspace 100% in such a language, would already be quite an improvement versus the current situation.
- OOPMan 9y agoWhat a hideous idea, given the UI semantics on mobile OSes are pretty sub-optimal for systems that provide input systems other than a touch screen.