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Relevant: Programming Languages as Operating Systems https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/icfp99-ffkf.pdf https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/icfp99-ffkf.pdf

• kruhft 9y ago
  Imagine if every language was it's own Interactive Shell with no kernel. Scripting and functional languages already have this, as do C and C++[1]. You would lose language interchangeability on the system until someone wrote compilers for the other language software that they want to support. And who doesn't like to write compilers in their favorite language. [1] https://github.com/root-project/cling https://github.com/root-project/cling
  • pjmlp 9y ago
    No need to imagine, Oberon was quite a nice experience. :)
    • kruhft 9y ago
      For Modula II.
      • kruhft 9y ago
        So were Lisp Machines.
    • kruhft 9y ago
      Now imagine if IncludeOS worked for everything written in C/C++. Instant on the metal interpreters and compilers.