Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-31 Thread Stefan Dösinger
Thought it might be worth bringing up this: http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/ Ms has a research project like this, and the paper describing the design is the first paper from Microsoft that states that Linux is faster than Windows :-) pgpNizoILMaPw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-31 Thread Michael Schurter
Stefan Dösinger wrote: Thought it might be worth bringing up this: http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/ Ms has a research project like this, and the paper describing the design is the first paper from Microsoft that states that Linux is faster than Windows :-) An excellent

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-31 Thread Jacques Beaurain
Hi, This sounds very interesting indeed, I'll be sure to watch this and possibly would like to get involved. On 10/30/06, Johann MacDonagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So does anyone have any problems with calling this project SharpOS? If not, I'll register www.sharpos.org right now and set up a

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread jmacdonagh
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Martin Hinks
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Martin Hinks
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Levi Bard
Meaning, what language or runtime environment would my operating system consider first-class. I could choose C/C++, but that locks people into a language. Instead, I could choose IL, which can be generated by any number of languages. This one's a pretty empty point. You wouldn't actually be

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
jmacdonagh wrote: Glad to see I'm not the only one interested in ths. I've also toyed around with this idea for some time. I began looking at traditional operating system development to learn a little more. What interests me most about this is a C# program as a first-class citizen, or really,

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
-managed operating system. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--Mono-devel-list--Operating-System-in-C--Project-tf2349909.html#a7081760 Sent from the Mono - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Schurter
Brian Crowell wrote: jmacdonagh wrote: Glad to see I'm not the only one interested in ths. I've also toyed around with this idea for some time. I began looking at traditional operating system development to learn a little more. What interests me most about this is a C# program as a

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Mauricio Henriquez
sorry, what is the main idea??, develop a operating system in C#, sorry I lost the first post. If that is the case, I have a prototype OS in C# (for educational pospuses only), offcourse is very, very, very basic, for the moment only open one or more proto-assembler files (like compiled

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
on a separate domain name. Set up a wiki (for brainstorming, designing), svn, and perhaps some forums (I prefer them over mailing lists). -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--Mono-devel-list--Operating-System-in-C--Project-tf2349909.html#a7085656 Sent from the Mono - Dev mailing

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
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Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Mauricio Henriquez
...tell me if you have problems with the rar attached files... Mauricio Henriquez wrote: all that I mention is in C#, please keep in mind that is a probe of concepts test code, is not a serious effor as the proposed in this thread, I love to work on this proyect, I know about assembler on

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Victor Costan
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mauricio Henriquez Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:43 PM To: Brian Crowell Cc: mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com; jmacdonagh Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project sorry, what is the main idea

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Victor Costan
Of Martin Hinks Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:24 PM To: Johann MacDonagh Cc: mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project I suppose the overhead shouldn't be enormous on unsafe ops - except that the runtime is still consuming background

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
Mauricio Henriquez wrote: all that I mention is in C#, please keep in mind that is a probe of concepts test code, is not a serious effor as the proposed in this thread, I love to work on this proyect, I know about assembler on windows, linux and a little IL, I also know a lote of OSs

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
So does anyone have any problems with calling this project SharpOS? If not, I'll register www.sharpos.org right now and set up a wiki. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--Mono-devel-list--Operating-System-in-C--Project-tf2349909.html#a7087087 Sent from the Mono - Dev

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
Johann MacDonagh wrote: Actually if it's all the same, I'd like to keep this operating system separate from the Unix mentality. That's not to say we wouldn't borrow some of Unix's ways of doing things, but there are certain things that would need to be changed. There are lots of things to

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Mauricio Henriquez
...try from here: http://mhenriquez.no-ip.com/descargas/ but please move the kernel.rar file to other place when you can access, is a very unestable server...sorry ...at least is an object oriented kernel emulator. Mauricio Brian Crowell wrote: Mauricio Henriquez wrote: all that I

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Victor Costan
this is going! Victor -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johann MacDonagh Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:12 PM To: mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project So does anyone have

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johann MacDonagh Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:12 PM To: mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project So does anyone have any problems with calling this project SharpOS? If not, I'll

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Johann MacDonagh
I did a little research and it looks like it is possible to install MediaWiki, although it can be painful at times. Anyway, Michael Schurter contacted me and said that he has some space on his hosting account. He is going to register www.sharpos.org and set up MediaWiki. We can better communicate

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
Johann MacDonagh wrote: I did a little research and it looks like it is possible to install MediaWiki, although it can be painful at times. You could go the Google Project Hosting route. They offer Subversion hosting and their own (primitive) issue tracking service:

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
Johann MacDonagh wrote: SF doesn't offer a Wiki do they? For the initial brainstorming of this project, a wiki would work great. If I'm reading the Sourceforge docs right, you should be able to install a PHP-based wiki (such as MediaWiki) without too much trouble:

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread William Lahti
Aww, I let the thread go for a bit and it's packed! I have expressed support for the managed kernel idea because I am already in the process of building a managed operating system. I call it Jeto. Currently it consists of... - A GNU/Linux distribution with a new filesystem layout - A foundation

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread William Lahti
Related to Microsoft's C# and .NET trademarks: I have been referring to .NET as the Common Language Infrastructure, but C#... well C# is really it's name. Would it be better to call it ECMA-335 :)? ___ Mono-devel-list mailing list

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread Brian Crowell
William Lahti wrote: I have expressed support for the managed kernel idea because I am already in the process of building a managed operating system. I call it Jeto. Currently it consists of... That figures. We've already drafted budgets and purchased an office. Kidding, kidding. Sort of. Mr.

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-30 Thread William Lahti
Aye, I'm on the list now. Just have to set up a label for it. I'll post code and more info about Jeto on a new page in the wiki so it can be considered. This project looks like some fun. On 10/31/06, Brian Crowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Lahti wrote: I have expressed support for the

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-21 Thread Suresh Shukla
Hi,I later found a reference to "D language". It has most of the features I liked in Java/C#. Its compilers are already available. This language is more suitable to my purposes of (re)writing a more readable/modifiable Minix and system programming.SureshMiguel de Icaza [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-16 Thread Miguel de Icaza
Hello, I've seen a Singularity presentation at MIT, and it seems to me that they're placing a lot of focus on static verification -- when they talked to us, they were trying to make driver contracts, so that drivers can be verifiable too. I think that's taking it a bit too far... and this

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-15 Thread Victor Costan
-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project As for the runtime being managed-- that depends on the ability to translate the entirety of it's CIL to 100% unmanaged code (without runtime-support). I'd say this is where the real challenge is. CIL required for this task requires

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-10-03 Thread Suresh Shukla
As for the runtime being managed-- that depends on the ability to translate the entirety of it's CIL to 100% unmanaged code (without runtime-support). I'd say this is where the real challenge is.CIL required for this task requires to be identified. One good point to start the project can be

[Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-29 Thread Suresh Shukla
This is very interesting idea.I had been thinking about this for some time. To bring the language cleanliness and clarity of Java / C# down to OS layer.The OS I have in my focus is mikrokernel based distributed servers architecture, actually MINIX. Minix brings many best practices and cleanliness

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-28 Thread Suresh Shukla
This is very interesting idea.I had been thinking about this for some time. To bring the language cleanliness and clarity of Java / C# down to OS layer.The OS I have in my focus is mikrokernel based distributed servers architecture, actually MINIX. Minix brings many best practices and cleanliness

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-28 Thread Mart Roosmaa
Hi, I think a IL to native translator would be a better choice as that way you wouldn't restrict users to C# and they could use any .NET language to contribute features to your kernel. I have been thinking of that sort of translator myself, but it would require a lot of work to get all the .NET

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-28 Thread Michael Hutchinson
On 9/28/06, Suresh Shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is very interesting idea. I had been thinking about this for some time. To bring the language cleanliness and clarity of Java / C# down to OS layer. The OS I have in my focus is mikrokernel based distributed servers architecture,

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-28 Thread Andrés G. Aragoneses [ knocte ]
Michael Hutchinson escribió: I couldn't find the email to which this was a reply, so I'm probably bringing up something that's already been mentioned. The email was this[1]. It's easy to find threads if you have an NNTP access to an archive in which messages don't expire ever [2] :) Regards,

Re: [Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2006-09-28 Thread Daniel Morgan
Two things you ought to look at that may help you in your research: 1. Mono.Cecil 2. Mono Managed Runtime There is Mono.Cecil which allows you to do more than what System.Reflection can provide. It is also included with Mono. http://www.mono-project.com/Cecil There is Joshua Tauberer’s Mono

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-07-02 Thread Konstantin Triger
Lets make an additional clarification about what managed code is. You say that it's a code based an CLI + IL + GC, I'll would also add a Verified attribute, meaning the code is checked to not harm the system (stack overflow etc). I'll indicate Verified as V. I would say that 1. CLI can be

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-21 Thread Iain Jackson
I had a brief look around on similar work, such as JNode which is an OS written entirely in Java, when I pondered writing an OS like this a while back. The only way I can see this being done is that you build the kernel in C# with unsafe code, a few extra value types for Interupt handling, and

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-21 Thread Kornél Pál
This discussion seems to be a play with words.:) From: Richard Matthias [EMAIL PROTECTED] They have a C# compiler that creates native code directly which helps of course. If this is true then the operating system will not be implemented in managed code it will be only in C#. An operating

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-21 Thread Andreas Nahr
verifyable managed. A.Nahr - Original Message - From: Kornél Pál [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project Is anyone interested in starting a project for doing an operating system

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-21 Thread Elliot Paquette
I only said (because I know) that it cannot be implemented entirely in managed code as it requires a CLI that cannot be implemented in managed code. As of the CLI has to be part of the operating system if you want to run it the operating system itself cannot be implemented entirely in managed

[Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-20 Thread Alejandro Serrano
Hi, Is anyone interested in starting a project for doing an operating system completely in managed code, à la Singularity that is being done in Microsoft? I don't know much C or C++, but I'm very knowledgeable on C# and MSIL. So the idea would be to start implementing the CLR in a way that it

Re: [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

2005-05-20 Thread Kornél Pál
Is anyone interested in starting a project for doing an operating system completely in managed code, à la Singularity that is being done in Microsoft? An operating system cannot be written in managed code. If you will create something like an operating system using managed code it will be only a