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Survey of Integrated Language and OS Projects

andychu edited this page Feb 15, 2025 · 11 revisions
  • Unison Computing
    • Haskell-like language
    • Unison Cloud Platform - Access scalable storage like in-memory data structures. Call services as easily as local functions.

Lisp-y

  • Urbit - a clean-slate OS and network for the 21st century

    • Lisp + Unix kind of architecture
    • bytecode VM and langauge on top
    • networking
    • crypto stuff / ethereum for identity
    • not secure yet ?
  • Spritely - I think built on Guile Scheme

    • Spritely is building the next generation of decentralized networking technology.
    • Spritely builds on our experience co-authoring ActivityPub, the largest decentralized social network on the web to date, while applying powerful ideas from object capability security research.
  • ScrapScript - this is mostly a design

Older / Classic

  • Unix + C from Bell Labs
  • Oberon from Wirth - Pascal/Modula family of languages, and personal operating systems
  • Did Xerox Alto have a language, etc.?

PC Era

  • Amiga ?
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