Linus Torvalds reveals plans to rewrite the Linux kernel using the web dev langue: PHP. The news has cause controversy among the tech community

Finally i’m gonna be able to contribute!

  • Ephera
    15•5 months ago

    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?

    • @frezik@midwest.social
      11•5 months ago

      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?”