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Makes one wonder if an OS should be built using LISP these days to make available that kind of hackability. Or port Genera OS [1] to x86 or arm. The languages

Makes one wonder if an OS should be built using LISP these days to make available that kind of hackability. Or port Genera OS [1] to x86 or arm. The languages used by the VPRI project were bootstrapped on lisp if I recall correctly [2]. It would be great if that projects code was released as open source too. [1] http://wiki.c2.com/?GeneraOs http://wiki.c2.com/?GeneraOs [2] http://www.vpri.org/writings.php http://www.vpri.org/writings.php

jtr_47 8y ago
There was a time when Smalltalk was an Operating system. Imagine a fully lisp based OS...hmm.... the things you can do! Peace
orangeshark 8y ago
There is Mezzano[0], but I am not sure if it has a similar kind of hackability. I believe environments like that are pretty amazing. It is something that is not unique to just lisps either, you see similar features in Smalltalk environments like Pharo[1]. [0]: https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano [1]: https://pharo.org/ https://pharo.org/
mepian 8y ago
The Lisp machine emulator for x86-64 that runs Genera is easy to setup if you care to google around. The current owner of Symbolics displayed interest in open-sourcing Genera a few years ago but nothing happened since then.
- WalterGR 8y ago
  The current owner of Symbolics displayed interest in open-sourcing Genera a few years ago but nothing happened since then. Do you know why that petered out? Is there anything in particular that would reignite that conversation?
tjalfi 8y ago
Movitz[0] is a Lisp-based environment for x86 hardware. I have only cursory knowledge of Common Lisp and x86 assembly but found the code quite easy to follow. It isn’t under active development but there is nothing stopping you from dusting it off. [0] https://www.common-lisp.net/project/movitz/ https://www.common-lisp.net/project/movitz/
- rjsw 8y ago
  There is a bug in the compiler that I never managed to fix.
Fnoord 8y ago
I knew a fellow who had Emacs as his init program. IIRC that was together with the Linux kernel though.

jtr_47 8y ago

There was a time when Smalltalk was an Operating system. Imagine a fully lisp based OS...hmm.... the things you can do! Peace

orangeshark 8y ago

There is Mezzano[0], but I am not sure if it has a similar kind of hackability. I believe environments like that are pretty amazing. It is something that is not unique to just lisps either, you see similar features in Smalltalk environments like Pharo[1]. [0]: https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano https://github.com/froggey/Mezzano [1]: https://pharo.org/ https://pharo.org/

mepian 8y ago

The Lisp machine emulator for x86-64 that runs Genera is easy to setup if you care to google around. The current owner of Symbolics displayed interest in open-sourcing Genera a few years ago but nothing happened since then.

WalterGR 8y ago
The current owner of Symbolics displayed interest in open-sourcing Genera a few years ago but nothing happened since then. Do you know why that petered out? Is there anything in particular that would reignite that conversation?

tjalfi 8y ago

Movitz[0] is a Lisp-based environment for x86 hardware. I have only cursory knowledge of Common Lisp and x86 assembly but found the code quite easy to follow. It isn’t under active development but there is nothing stopping you from dusting it off. [0] https://www.common-lisp.net/project/movitz/ https://www.common-lisp.net/project/movitz/

rjsw 8y ago
There is a bug in the compiler that I never managed to fix.

Fnoord 8y ago

I knew a fellow who had Emacs as his init program. IIRC that was together with the Linux kernel though.