Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by panic » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:30 AM UTC

Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack
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Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by Quequau » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 10:57 AM UTC

This dudes stuff has been posted here recently and it's worth it go read what he's said about his work.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21242190

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by minxomat » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 11:46 AM UTC

Quequau wrote: post #2

This dudes stuff has been posted here recently and it's worth it go read what he's said about his work. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21242190

Announcement link from that thread: https://lists.tildeverse.org/hyperkitty/list/tildeclub@lists...

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by eterps » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 2:25 PM UTC

Interesting project.

So far the only desktop OS + compiler I know that can be reasonably understood in its entirety is http://www.projectoberon.com

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by ntoll » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:03 PM UTC

Note to self (as the author of the "Mu" editor, https://codewith.mu/) - two letter project names are just asking for name collisions. ;-)

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by perfunctory » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:09 PM UTC

> I'd like Mu to be a stack a single person can hold in their head all at once, and modify in radical ways.

This reminds me of Alan Kay's STEPS project - an attempt to reinvent personal computer in 20K lines of code [0].

Always happy to see efforts in this direction.

[0] http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2011004_steps11.pdf

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by svxml » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:16 PM UTC

ntoll wrote: post #5

Note to self (as the author of the "Mu" editor, https://codewith.mu/ ) - two letter project names are just asking for name collisions. ;-)

And also https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html the mail client for emacs :)

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by akkartik » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:41 PM UTC

Quequau wrote: post #2

This dudes stuff has been posted here recently and it's worth it go read what he's said about his work. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21242190

Thanks! I took the opportunity to try to clarify those questions in this version.

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by akkartik » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:42 PM UTC

Author here; I just found this thread. Feel free to ask me anything.

Re: Mu: A minimal hobbyist computing stack

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Post by snvzz » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

eterps wrote: post #4

Interesting project. So far the only desktop OS + compiler I know that can be reasonably understood in its entirety is http://www.projectoberon.com

I'd add TempleOS and its HolyC to that list.