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Saturday, 17th of November 2018, 17:37:10 UTC
17:40:52
jcowan
I suppose it depends on the purposes of SICL (not your purpose in writing it, but the purposes which the users who choose it will have(.
17:41:46
beach
My goal is for it to be an excellent implementation for development, and then I want it to be the basis for CLOSOS.
17:42:15
beach
But I definitely have plans to make it as fast as possible without sacrificing safety.
17:42:18
jcowan
And what is the purpose of CLOSOS, in the same sense.
17:43:19
beach
Improved safety and security compared to existing OSes, but also a superior multi-user development environment. Like Genera, but safer and multi-user.
18:22:13
jcowan
Except for that last aspect, it reminds me of the browser environment.
18:49:09
jcowan
Single language, cooperative processes, sandboxed
18:49:27
jcowan
(that is, single target language; compilers for other languages are of course possible)
19:21:06
jcowan
beach: I now note that the size limits for floats are only recommendations, not requirements
4:08:19
beach
Good morning everyone!
4:08:33
beach
jcowan: Good to know.
Sunday, 18th of November 2018, 5:37:10 UTC