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ChrysaLisp

153 points by Koshkin 4y ago

Koshkin 4y ago
Nice to see this wonderful project getting love it deserves.
sfpotter 4y ago
But what is it? The README is just a bunch of screenshots and disjointed comments about what features it has listed in no particular order. It would be great if there was some summary from a birds eye view of what the project actually is.
- spijdar 4y ago
  Caveat: I'm not a lisp-person, however: It looks like a modern interpretation of a Lisp machine -- a "real" Lisp, where the entire environment is a Lisp, and you can network and do GUI stuff and OS stuff in Lisp, running either in a hosted environment or maybe on bare metal eventually.
- ergonaught 4y ago
  I think the "what" was intended to be covered by the initial flurry of contents, "MIMD, multi CPU, multi threaded, multi core, multi user Parallel OS".
- Koshkin 4y ago
  Give it a try! The page includes snapshot.zip and a number of scripts to start you off. See also https://github.com/vygr/ChrysaLisp/blob/master/docs/INTRO.md https://github.com/vygr/ChrysaLisp/blob/master/docs/INTRO.md
- llanowarelves 4y ago
  Looks like OS with Lisp all the way down (or up.. All the apps on top)
dang 4y ago
Related: ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25779930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25779930 - Jan 2021 (6 comments) ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22019594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22019594 - Jan 2020 (61 comments) ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18897817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18897817 - Jan 2019 (19 comments) ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15466124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15466124 - Oct 2017 (121 comments) Chris sometimes comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=vygr https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=vygr Also related: The Taos Operating System (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16727565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16727565 - April 2018 (9 comments) TAOS Operating System - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527936 - Oct 2017 (21 comments) The Taos Operating System (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9806607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9806607 - June 2015 (93 comments)
butterisgood 4y ago
Never got it to run properly on MacOS. Seems really neat though!
- incanus77 4y ago
  I did, fairly easily. What an amazing project! I'm going to be exploring this for a long time...
  - butterisgood 4y ago
    Just tried again, it looks like that additional makefile for building against homebrew SDL may have done the trick. Very interesting!
    - incanus77 4y ago
      Ah yeah, I had to add to CFLAGS for SDL2.
vygr 4y ago
Thanks for your interest again folks. Sorry this year has been a bit sparse on updates due to the death of my partner Aihua, and brother-in-law. Come chat at: #ChrysaLisp-OS:matrix.org Recommend element.io reader. Chris
- lproven 4y ago
  Oh, I am very sorry to hear that. My condolences, and also my congratulations on a fine looking OS.
- camgunz 4y ago
  Deepest condolences; hope you're doing OK. I missed the previous postings; this is an impressive piece of work!
eggy 4y ago
Wow! Pretty impressive. I opened a Chess game and then went into Edit to see if I could live edit Chess/app.lisp to change the title bar name to "Chess" in the running instance, but the change only shows after I open a new instance of Chess after a Save of app.lisp. Is there any way to live edit? I'll join the element discussion. Thanks! I am a Lisper, so this will become my new playground for fun and experimentation outside of the Windows/Mac/Linux world.
- eggy 4y ago
  <No doubt I will have many demons in hell awaiting me...> Oh, you will sir! You and that rotten Rich Hickey fellow! ;) So you wrote an assembler to replace NASM. Is it in the source? Why replace NASM? Thanks!

153 points by Koshkin 4y ago

Nice to see this wonderful project getting love it deserves.

But what is it? The README is just a bunch of screenshots and disjointed comments about what features it has listed in no particular order. It would be great if there was some summary from a birds eye view of what the project actually is.

spijdar 4y ago
Caveat: I'm not a lisp-person, however: It looks like a modern interpretation of a Lisp machine -- a "real" Lisp, where the entire environment is a Lisp, and you can network and do GUI stuff and OS stuff in Lisp, running either in a hosted environment or maybe on bare metal eventually.
ergonaught 4y ago
I think the "what" was intended to be covered by the initial flurry of contents, "MIMD, multi CPU, multi threaded, multi core, multi user Parallel OS".
Koshkin 4y ago
Give it a try! The page includes snapshot.zip and a number of scripts to start you off. See also https://github.com/vygr/ChrysaLisp/blob/master/docs/INTRO.md https://github.com/vygr/ChrysaLisp/blob/master/docs/INTRO.md
llanowarelves 4y ago
Looks like OS with Lisp all the way down (or up.. All the apps on top)

dang 4y ago

Related: ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25779930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25779930 - Jan 2021 (6 comments) ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22019594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22019594 - Jan 2020 (61 comments) ChrysaLisp - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18897817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18897817 - Jan 2019 (19 comments) ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15466124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15466124 - Oct 2017 (121 comments) Chris sometimes comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=vygr https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=vygr Also related: The Taos Operating System (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16727565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16727565 - April 2018 (9 comments) TAOS Operating System - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527936 - Oct 2017 (21 comments) The Taos Operating System (1991) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9806607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9806607 - June 2015 (93 comments)

butterisgood 4y ago

Never got it to run properly on MacOS. Seems really neat though!

incanus77 4y ago
I did, fairly easily. What an amazing project! I'm going to be exploring this for a long time...
- butterisgood 4y ago
  Just tried again, it looks like that additional makefile for building against homebrew SDL may have done the trick. Very interesting!
  - incanus77 4y ago
    Ah yeah, I had to add to CFLAGS for SDL2.

vygr 4y ago

Thanks for your interest again folks. Sorry this year has been a bit sparse on updates due to the death of my partner Aihua, and brother-in-law. Come chat at: #ChrysaLisp-OS:matrix.org Recommend element.io reader. Chris

lproven 4y ago
Oh, I am very sorry to hear that. My condolences, and also my congratulations on a fine looking OS.
camgunz 4y ago
Deepest condolences; hope you're doing OK. I missed the previous postings; this is an impressive piece of work!

eggy 4y ago

Wow! Pretty impressive. I opened a Chess game and then went into Edit to see if I could live edit Chess/app.lisp to change the title bar name to "Chess" in the running instance, but the change only shows after I open a new instance of Chess after a Save of app.lisp. Is there any way to live edit? I'll join the element discussion. Thanks! I am a Lisper, so this will become my new playground for fun and experimentation outside of the Windows/Mac/Linux world.

eggy 4y ago
<No doubt I will have many demons in hell awaiting me...> Oh, you will sir! You and that rotten Rich Hickey fellow! ;) So you wrote an assembler to replace NASM. Is it in the source? Why replace NASM? Thanks!