Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> writes: > Joshua Branson <jbra...@fastmail.com> writes: > >> Amirouche Boubekki <amirou...@hypermove.net> writes: >>>> Is there a programming resource for >>>> userspace/kernel software >>> >>> what do you mean by kernel software? >> >> My short term goal right now is to be able to write GNU/Hurd translators >> in guile. My long term goal is to be a GNU/Hurd developer. > > That’s cool! Several years ago I worked on the Pythong bindings for > translators (though I did not get as far as I’d have liked) and it’s > great to see paths converge again! > > The common lisp bindings had some pretty nifty tools, so you might find > inspiration there. You can make a lot of difference with relatively > little effort.
Can you elaborate? Do you mean I can make a lot of difference by writing translators in python or lisp? Or do you mean I can make a lot of difference...how exactly? haha > > One aspect in which where developing Guile is much more enjoyable than > programming in Python is that once you get used to using the info > documentation (i.e. via Emacs) you can work without googling, and a > full-text search in structured, relevant information beats a Google > search — even if Google leads you to Stackoverflow. Yeah. I like pressing "i" in info documentation. Also helm-info-guile is a nice command. > > (for all those unfamiliar with the Hurd: Here’s a writeup about the > technical advantages of the Hurd: > https://www.draketo.de/light/english/free-software/some-technical-advantages-of-the-hurd > ) > > Best wishes, > Arne > -- > Unpolitisch sein > heißt politisch sein > ohne es zu merken
