On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:19:03PM +0100, Die Gestalt wrote:
> Having a kernel with managed code is not necessarily idiotic (although
> I think in most cases smart pointers do the job better).
>
> However having chosen C# is in my opinion not optimal. C# is very
> limited when it comes to generic and meta-programming.
>
> I think "modern-styled" C++ (ie template intensive) and a functional
> oriented language would have been a better choice for a secure OS
> built from the ground up.
Have you ever been involved in OS design and implementation? And I do
not mean academic exercises, but a real world project producing actual
working stuff.
-Otto
