[Mono-dev] [Mono-devel-list] Operating System in C# Project

[Mauricio Henriquez]

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Mauricio Henriquez wrote:
> all that I mention is in C#, please keep in mind that is a "probe of 
> concepts" test code, is not a serious effor as the proposed in this 
> thread, I love to work on this proyect, I know about assembler on 
> windows, linux and a little IL, I also know a lote of OSs behinds (I'm 
> "Operating System" class teacher on my university)
>
> Mauricio
>
> Johann MacDonagh wrote:
>> I would love to see what you have accomplished so far. What portion 
>> of what
>> you mentioned is in C#?
>>
>>
>> Mauricio Henriquez wrote:
>>  
>>> sorry, what is the main idea??, develop a operating system in C#, 
>>> sorry I lost the first post.
>>> If that is the case, I have a prototype OS in C# (for educational 
>>> pospuses only), offcourse is very, very, very basic, for the moment 
>>> only open one or more "proto-assembler" files (like compiled 
>>> programs), and allocate memory for each "proceess", define a PCB for 
>>> each process and begin the execution of each assembly line with a 
>>> implementation of the "Round-Robbin" algorith, also do "context 
>>> change" to change from one process to other "ready" process, and 
>>> show all the execution information.
>>>
>>> anyone interesting??
>>>
>>> Mauricio
>>>
>>> Brian Crowell wrote:
>>>    
>>>> jmacdonagh wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>> Glad to see I'm not the only one interested in ths. I've also toyed
>>>>> around
>>>>> with this idea for some time. I began looking at traditional 
>>>>> operating
>>>>> system development to learn a little more.
>>>>>             
>>>> What interests me most about this is a C# program as a first-class
>>>> citizen, or really, every API in the system being not only 
>>>> available, but
>>>> *designed for* managed programs.
>>>>
>>>> I think a good example of that can be found in Microsoft's DirectX, 
>>>> which
>>>> we were just discussing. Compare Managed DirectX to XNA. The 
>>>> differences
>>>> are big. XNA exposes, for the most part, the very same APIs, but in a
>>>> much more intuitive and friendly manner than Managed DirectX.
>>>>
>>>> You could consider fully object-oriented operating systems, where the
>>>> design of the API is every bit as important as its concept. You could
>>>> organize the system around safe plug-ins, each providing some 
>>>> service to
>>>> the whole, such as a windowing system, file systems, etc., but 
>>>> which are
>>>> most importantly *as easy to write as implementing an interface or an
>>>> abstract base class.*
>>>>
>>>> I'd be very interested in participating on design of such a thing. 
>>>> I've
>>>> been trying to teach myself good object-oriented design over the 
>>>> years,
>>>> and I think I would have some good input to give past the initial 
>>>> problem
>>>> of booting such an environment.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the project could be approached in two stages? Half where 
>>>> we boot
>>>> the managed environment, and half where we assume the managed
>>>> environment. You could design and implement these independently of 
>>>> each
>>>> other. You could even design a set of classes to emulate the kernel on
>>>> top of an ordinary runtime, for the purposes of unit testing. One
>>>> strategy I've become fond of, especially where components and unit
>>>> testing come into play, is generous use of the IServiceProvider
>>>> interface; if components accessed kernel objects this way (or a 
>>>> similar
>>>> way, where you ask for a base class but not a specific 
>>>> implementation),
>>>> they would neither need to know or care whether they're using the real
>>>> thing or not.
>>>>
>>>> Several thoughts. Exciting stuff.
>>>>
>>>> --Brian
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