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jaidedctrl wrote

I'm supportive of any up-and-coming OS project not using C.
C was a good choice, you know, when it was the best. We have more modern answers, now, that are just as fast and more secure (less prone to dev fuck-ups) than C.
An OS written in Lisp (or Scheme) would be best, but, you know, Rust is pretty great, too.
I wonder, what will replace UNIX and GNU/Linux? What will it be written in?

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zorblax wrote

lisp/scheme are hard to write fast compiled code for because they're very dynamic in nature. That's why OS projects like Mezzano are so slow.

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jaidedctrl wrote

Yea, that's a good point. Mezzano is kind of painful.
A balance of Lisp/Scheme and a compiled language (maybe C, but preferably something more modern) with Lisp/Scheme used whenever possible (without sacrificing speed too much) would be better than pure Lisp/Scheme, probably.

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sudo OP wrote

Didn't we already have Lisp machines, or is that different that what you're talking about?

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