But the kernel needs to be in javascript. Since anything written in javascript becomes 2X better. </sarcasm>
Cooperative multitasking, as found in the Windows 3.1 era!
What would be really interesting is Elixir-OS/Erlang-OS where the entire OS can take advantage of a 50 core CPU.
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.
> node-os is the first operating system powered by npm Read More
That's not a very nice tagline to have after the recent left-pad fiasco.
Wow this looks lovely to support
When all you have is a hammer...
I love node, but a node REPL in lieu of a shell sounds like the worst thing ever.
"Read More" link 404'd for me.
<< Die heart Node.js fan >>
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.
Now you can left-pad your entire environment instead of just your production build!
Wow!
I assume the whole thing goes down when left-pad or some other trivial dependency can't be resolved.
It's a brave new world
It's happening: https://xkcd.com/1508/
I just puked !
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/