Discussion

tombert: I've thought about doing something like this but I am only very recently getting into low-level OS stuff.I can't remember who said this, but they called "Erlang an operating system for your code", and I think that's fairly accurate. When I build an Erlang app, I don't build it the same way as I would with Rust; I have a lot of independent gen_servers that do operate independent from each other.The Erlang VM is (roughly) preemptive multitasking, and even each process has its own GC, so it does feel like it could be a natural fit for its own operating system without having to live on top of Linux.

calvinmorrison: There's some definite prior art here where they worked on that a LOT.https://www.erlang-factory.com/static/upload/media/149858389...

tombert: You know, I read those slides when they were new, and I apparently just completely forgot about it.Not that it's not interesting, just that my brain is dumb sometimes.

toast0: Unfortunately, the hydros project website is gone. I'm not sure if it moved somewhere.

lightandlight: > browser-based demoWait, so is the browser running a JavaScript build of Qemu? /