Pegasos 8641D (CANCELED) Project
FullPliant Serverin category Operating Systems
proposed by jjw on 30th November 2006
Project Proposal
IntroductionPliant is a new generation programming language, very tiny at the basic
level but extremely modular and extendable. Pliant programs are dynamically
compiled, where computations may be performed at the compile time, as well
as some more code could get compiled at the run time. Therefore, Pliant
provides great scalability and flexibility, ranging from low-level system
programming up to macro-language capabilities.
FullPliant is a complete operating system based on the Linux kernel,
where all layers above the kernel proper have been replaced by appropriate
Pliant code, including a broad spectrum of network services.
In a sense, it makes FullPliant to be a \"Linux without Unix\", with unique
built-in capabilities (e.g. metaprogramming).
Proposal
FullPliant network server implementation based on Pegasos 8641D, with
a tailored Linux/PPC kernel and native dynamical compilation engine.
Rationale
The existing FullPliant versions are i386-centric, with attic Linux kernels
and poor support for contemporary hardware. A \"port\" to the 8641D should
result at least in substantial performance boost.
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