Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Uri Guttman
> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > What I'm planning on is a VMS-style quota, privilege, and identifier >>> system. >> >> Pagan heretic -- you shall burn in the purifying flames of RSTS/E! DS> Mmmm, RSTS/E. And BASIC/PLUS 2.6. Now *those* were the days. Now,

Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 7:30 PM +0100 8/17/04, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 02:01:31PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: Yep, per-interpreter means per-thread. Each thread gets an interpreter. (Logically, at least. There'll only ever be one OS thread in an interpreter at any one time, though I suppose it's

RE: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Garrett Goebel
Dan Sugalksi wrote: > > VMS's (and yes, for the grammar wonks, that apostrophe is actually > correct) I'd lay even odds that VMS would qualify for the "ancient proper names" exception... William Strunk, Jr. (1869-1946). The Elements of Style. 1918. > > II. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE > >

Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 02:01:31PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > Yep, per-interpreter means per-thread. Each thread gets an > interpreter. (Logically, at least. There'll only ever be one OS > thread in an interpreter at any one time, though I suppose it's > possible an interpreter could move from

Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:30 PM -0400 8/17/04, Felix Gallo wrote: Dan writes: Anyway, there *is* a threefold plan, involving quotas, privileges/capabilities, and restricted embedding environments. If there's a link out there, I must've missed it. Is there one? There isn't. I'll go fix that with PDD 18, Security and

Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Felix Gallo
Dan writes: > Anyway, there *is* a threefold plan, involving quotas, > privileges/capabilities, and restricted embedding environments. If there's a link out there, I must've missed it. Is there one? > >clock time (ulimit style) > > This'd be a per-interpreter, per-user quota. Depending on

Re: [need input] interpreter permissioning

2004-08-17 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 12:11 PM -0400 8/17/04, Felix Gallo wrote: The summary: request for architectural analysis. The motivation: there are certain languages, possibly including perl 6, that will benefit from the ability to flow from one parrot interpreter to another. We could add a few keywords and call the language