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"Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools." Maybe t
by babyshake 17y ago
"Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools."
Maybe they should focus on innovation in describing what their project actually does.
- viraptor 17y agoThat description is actually pretty correct... even if fuzzy. Singularity is a (almost - apart from some loaders and sandboxes) fully managed OS. It comes with its own language (Singh iirc) that does communication through verified message passing. It's also pretty much running JITed .NET. You can read up on the details in specific documents, but the Singularity itself IS pretty much a research project on systems, languages and tools. It doesn't DO anything really.
- wmf 17y agoIn academic CS speak "dependable systems" means "an OS that doesn't crash".