[BangPypers] how to write Operating System in python

zaki at manian.org zaki at manian.org
Fri Aug 12 01:06:40 CEST 2011


There has been some interesting work done with self hosting virtual machines
for languages like http://halvm.org/wiki/

It seems some what self defeating to try to recreate the device drivers to
run on actual hardware. But a minimal python environment running on KVM
would be of pratical use to many people.

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Gopalakrishnan Subramani <
gopalakrishnan.subramani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Look at the Lua attempt to create OS. http://luaos.net/  Lua script is
> more
> readable.
>
> Personally, I would never prefer to create an OS in Python. If you get
> minimal open sourced RTOS source code (many found in sourge forge), you
> could start with basic and see the similar approach in Python.
>
> If you need secure environment like GAE, you need to re-implement many
> Python APIs & language runtime than re-writing everything from scratch..
> You
> know that processor still needs machine instructions to boot.
>
> Hope you are not serious enough to get started :-). Your reasoning is not
> sound good. All the best for your initiatives if you really get started.
>
> --
> Gopal
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM, L. Guruprasad <lgp171188 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Vikas,
> >
> > On Thursday 11 August 2011 03:26 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
> >
> >> vikas ruhil<vikasruhil06 at gmail.com>  writes:
> >>
> >>  I am looking towards to write an operating system in Python? How i can
> >>> write kernel and kernel calls on Debian Linux ! any body can help
> >>> reagrd this !!
> >>>
> >>
> >> I mailed a while ago about choosing the right tool for a given task (as
> >> opposed to seeing everything as a nail).
> >>
> >> Are there any reasons why you're interested in doing this in Python (as
> >> opposed to say Ruby)?
> >>
> >
> > I totally agree with Noufal here. But searching the web for similar
> > attempts, I found these
> >
> > http://jtauber.com/cleese/
> > https://launchpad.net/pycorn
> >
> > Not sure how active these attempts are and whether it is really possible
> to
> > achieve something like this.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Guruprasad
> >
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