Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by hootbootscoot » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 12:47 AM UTC

Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal
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Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by kick » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 12:54 AM UTC

This is really impressive! Crystal was just barely on my radar until now: it's a lot higher up now.

For anyone unfamiliar:

https://crystal-lang.org/

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by lykr0n » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 1:48 AM UTC

Wow. That's impressive.

Crystal is a solid alternative to Go. I gave it a solid look when figuring out which language I should learn. The only reason Crystal didn't make it is because it's just missing some core features. The one that sticks out is there is no way to get the length of a channel last time I looked.

But this is impressive and I can't wait to see what's next

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by lostgame » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 1:49 AM UTC

What is that beautiful desktop wallpaper? any source?

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by sciolistse » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 1:51 AM UTC

lostgame wrote: post #4

What is that beautiful desktop wallpaper? any source?

There's a link at the bottom of the readme.

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/78375860

Seems to require login, though.

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by jchw » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 1:51 AM UTC

Wow. Preemptive multitasking, graphical window management, POSIX-like, in a programming language that to my knowledge it hasn't yet been done in... and in just several months of work.

There's no smoke and mirrors as far as I can tell. I dug back to the initial commit: https://github.com/ffwff/lilith/commit/c9fa1053dc6a22d630ee6... - and it's just bootstrapping to VGA.

Very well done, and inspiring. Makes me want to try OS dev again.

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by sergiotapia » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 1:58 AM UTC

kick wrote: post #2

This is really impressive! Crystal was just barely on my radar until now: it's a lot higher up now. For anyone unfamiliar: https://crystal-lang.org/

Crystal has the most badass color on Github. Solid black.

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by saagarjha » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 2:00 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #7

kick wrote: post #2

This is really impressive! Crystal was just barely on my radar until now: it's a lot higher up now. For anyone unfamiliar: https://crystal-lang.org/

Crystal has the most badass color on Github. Solid black.

It's actually #000100.

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by arthurcolle » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

I don't even know what to say, but you are definitely the captain now.

Re: Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal

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Post by mberning » Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

jchw wrote: post #6

Wow. Preemptive multitasking, graphical window management, POSIX-like, in a programming language that to my knowledge it hasn't yet been done in... and in just several months of work. There's no smoke and mirrors as far as I can tell. I dug back to the initial commit: https://github.com/ffwff/lilith/commit/c9fa1053dc6a22d630ee6... - and it's just bootstrapping to VGA. Very well done, and inspiring. Makes me want to t…

Agreed. Super impressive. I really like Crystal and hope it continues to get traction.