cinde...@hushmail.com writes: > I'm a mathematician, which means I'm lazy and want to do things the > right way once so I don't have to do them again. The way that modern > operating systems work, with their one huge environment and no > tracking of state, is insane and unsustainable. (How many times have > I wasted a Saturday morning trying to get audio work on a new Gentoo > install?) Stateless, declarative systems seem to be the obvious way > forward. > > I'm a big fan of Alan Kay, and one thing he always made clear is that > there should be no separation between the language and the operating > system. I've found that many of the problems which plague modern OSes > are the same which plague C. Which is why a system which sits on top > of Scheme, one of the most powerful programming paradigms we have, > is so appealing. > > More concretely, I can be of the most help with: > - Texlive and dealing with pdf stuff (cairo, etc) > - Emacs > - Networking > But realy I'll try to help wherever it's needed, because this project > should be a reality.
I have nothing meaningful to contribute except to say that I appreciate and agree with this line of thinking. I have also found this to be a wonderful, warm, and welcoming community doing great work. The only thing I don't like is that I haven't been able to find time to contribute :) Welcome! -- Katherine
