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There are two different things called Single System Image systems: 1. LISP machines, Smalltalk dev environments, etc. A modern example would be the DarkLang.
by nivertech 5y ago
There are two different things called Single System Image systems:
1. LISP machines, Smalltalk dev environments, etc. A modern example would be the DarkLang.
2. Distributed OS with process migration like MOSIX
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_system_image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_system_image
The (1) are a good direction, but they're usually not distributed. I guess you're talking about (2) which was never properly implemented, or maybe they were problematic by design.
BTW, what do you think about Inferno and Plan9? They still have hobbyist communities around them, and some of their ideas influenced current mainstream SW like 9P protocol and GoLang channels.