Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Jovi Zhangwei
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 12:46:00AM -0500, Antti Heikkinen wrote: >> >> LINUX kernel can perform more good if written in not C and C++ but >> Perl? Just certain portion of LINUX kernel to rewrite? For instant, >> schedule or support of multith

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Jovi Zhangwei
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: > On 01/05/2014 12:46 AM, Antti Heikkinen wrote: >> To Dear Perl and LINUX kernel development community: >> >> My propose to you at your list: is possible to write operate system >> in PERL? I am student in university, looked for interest

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 06:43:07PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Since Perl is Turing complete you can run the Linux kernel inside > > Perl. Although Perl doesn't run in kernel mode ATM, I don't see why > > I can't be ported to be a LKM, maybe with RPC to glibc. You could > > also have Perl runn

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 03:12:17AM -0500, bulk88 wrote: > I agree, Linux kernel is hacks on hacks with no top to bottom > architecture. Linux had the BKL longer than its competitors. Linux > was never whiteboarded before the project began. FreeBSD is more > organized and uniform. There is also NT K

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 12:46:00AM -0500, Antti Heikkinen wrote: > > LINUX kernel can perform more good if written in not C and C++ but > Perl? Just certain portion of LINUX kernel to rewrite? For instant, > schedule or support of multithread? If so, should use Perl5 or Perl6, > focus to x86 or x8

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Austin S Hemmelgarn
On 01/05/2014 12:46 AM, Antti Heikkinen wrote: > To Dear Perl and LINUX kernel development community: > > My propose to you at your list: is possible to write operate system > in PERL? I am student in university, looked for interest project > to conclude my study on LINUX kernel. > > This semeste

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread Richard Foley
A useful Monks link here: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node=339754 and: http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol5_2/tpj0502-0009.html -- Ciao Richard Foley http://www.rfi.net/books.html On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 12:46:00AM -0500, Antti Heikkinen wrote: > To Dear Perl and LINUX kernel develo

Re: Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-05 Thread bulk88
Antti Heikkinen wrote: To Dear Perl and LINUX kernel development community: My propose to you at your list: is possible to write operate system in PERL? I am student in university, looked for interest project to conclude my study on LINUX kernel. This semester, I take beginner PERL course and l

Propose for LINUX kernel and PERL

2014-01-04 Thread Antti Heikkinen
To Dear Perl and LINUX kernel development community: My propose to you at your list: is possible to write operate system in PERL? I am student in university, looked for interest project to conclude my study on LINUX kernel. This semester, I take beginner PERL course and learn power of procedural