From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2007-01-26T04:58:02+09:00
Subject: Re: A Ruby Operating System (no bashing please)


Andr� wrote:
> Hello,
> this post might sound strange, but after working with ruby for so  
> long,
> I've been thinking about writing a ruby operating system. I've been
> thinking about doing my M.D. thesis about it, but I want to hear some
> of your opinions.
> First of all, the philosophical questions :-)
> - Does it make any sense? (that is, does it sound useful?)
> - It has been done before?

You might want to take a look at Inferno (http://www.vitanuova.com/ 
inferno/).
It is an OS based on a virtual machine model.

Another possibility would be creating a Ruby interface to the Plan 9
operating system.  Currently the Ruby libraries are crafted to interface
to Posix-like OSs and Windows.  Re-thinking the core libraries in the
context of something like Plan 9 or Inferno might be interesting.

Gary Wright