Good thing that this isn't actually possible...
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Don't tempt fate. There are already two kernels written in javascript
How? You'd need to compile it down to machine code somehow, for the processor to have any clue how to run it. And you'd need some custom library with custom compile instructions, to be able to control memory allocations, memory addresses etc..
I did a quick search and found two operating systems written in JS, both of which cop out when it comes to the kernel. Did you maybe mix it up with those?
There's almost always at least a little ASM sprinkled into any kernel, so that's not a big deal.
OTOH, there is the factor of "you know how Chrome takes up 2GB per tab? What if that was a whole OS?"
Maybe I did, I haven't looked any of them carefully
As a PHP developer, I'm in full support and look forward to contributing to what will be a vastly simpler and easier to use Linux kernel.
And the Community rejoices at the perspective of your valuable contributions!
As a PHP developer
I’m so, so sorry.
If we are rewriting it, we should use holyc to make it the way god intended.
Ring 0 all the way baybee!!
Anything is better than C, right? Even 🤮 PHP.
Jokes on them PHP is itself written in C
I prefer Ruby myself 🥰
Joking, of course. Ruby would be slow as hell.
basic or nothing
Write the kernel in Arnold C
i mean if you want chaos, program in whitespace