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Re: Node OS

#11

Post by 58028641 » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:03 PM UTC

But the kernel needs to be in javascript. Since anything written in javascript becomes 2X better.

Re: Node OS

#12

Post by pedalpete » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:06 PM UTC

shruubi wrote: post #5

One thing I can't seem to find is, is this a true nodejs-based operating system in that it's all single threaded? single-threaded event loop stuff works well for network servers but an OS? To me it seems like a terrible idea.

What about something like ChromeOS? Does it need multi-threading?

If each app is running it's own thread, and can spawn new threads, maybe that would work.

Also, though Node.js is currently single-threaded, there is the Nexus project https://github.com/voodooattack/nexusjs which is doing multi-threaded javascript. Maybe this or Node.js will support multiple threads in the future.

Re: Node OS

#13

Post by wrong_variable » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:08 PM UTC

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As much as I love Node.js, I have grown to dislike npm. Git + Github is a much nicer way to publish.

Also the whole left-pad fiasco.

Re: Node OS

#14

Post by int_handler » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:12 PM UTC

It's happening: https://xkcd.com/1508/

Re: Node OS

#15

Post by jdubs » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:17 PM UTC

Wow this looks lovely to support

Re: Node OS

#16

Post by sqren » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:19 PM UTC

wrong_variable wrote: post #13

> As much as I love Node.js, I have grown to dislike npm. Git + Github is a much nicer way to publish. Also the whole left-pad fiasco.

Not going to defend npm here, but how is using Github as registry going to avoid left-pad-gate?

Re: Node OS

#17

Post by michaelmrose » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:20 PM UTC

adambrod wrote: post #8

What would be really interesting is Elixir-OS/Erlang-OS where the entire OS can take advantage of a 50 core CPU.

The entire os can in fact take advantage of a 50 core cpu and most of the things that would benefit the most can.

Re: Node OS

#18

Post by weitzj » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:23 PM UTC

tambourine_man wrote: post #4

bsimpson wrote: post #2

I'm astonished that this has been up for an hour and no one's mentioned Atwood's Law: "Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript." http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-principle-of-least-power/

THE BIRTH & DEATH OF JAVASCRIPT https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

Great Talk to watch

Re: Node OS

#19

Post by amelius » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:24 PM UTC

Cooperative multitasking, as found in the Windows 3.1 era!

Re: Node OS

#20

Post by wrong_variable » Wed, May 04, 2016, 11:28 PM UTC

sqren wrote: post #16

wrong_variable wrote: post #13

> As much as I love Node.js, I have grown to dislike npm. Git + Github is a much nicer way to publish. Also the whole left-pad fiasco.

Not going to defend npm here, but how is using Github as registry going to avoid left-pad-gate?

you are right - its not possible to avoid left-pad-gate due to github being a similar company as npm ( in terms of law ).

But using git means its theoretically possible to have multiple registries - etc.