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This is the most extreme example of Atwood's law that I've seen so far of. Any volunteers for making an operating system kernel? Or has that been done already?

bpierre 12y ago
There is also js-git [1], a complete implementation of git in JS, founded by two fundraisers [2][3]. [1] https://github.com/creationix/js-git https://github.com/creationix/js-git [2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creationix/js-git https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creationix/js-git [3] https://www.bountysource.com/teams/js-git/fundraiser https://www.bountysource.com/teams/js-git/fundraiser
nawitus 12y ago
https://github.com/charliesome/jsos https://github.com/charliesome/jsos
icebraining 12y ago
Well, the NetBSD kernel has been ported to JS: http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to_javascript http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to_... It's using emscripten, not handwritten JS, though.
- agumonkey 12y ago
  My favorite emscripten demo was https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/12/mozilla-and-epic-preview-unreal-engine-4-running-in-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/12/mozilla-and-epic-pr... It was really impressive to see UE4 running at ~7 fps on an old ThinkPad (without discrete GPU) in pure software.
  - jcrites 12y ago
    Do you happen to have a link to the demo? I looked around but haven't been able to find it. It looks like the demo lived at the time at https://www.unrealengine.com/html5 https://www.unrealengine.com/html5 - and the site doesn't seem to work through Wayback Machine.
    - agumonkey 12y ago
      I randomly clicked on an URL Brendan Eich gave on twitter. Maybe this http://kripken.github.io/misc-js-benchmarks/banana/benchmark.html http://kripken.github.io/misc-js-benchmarks/banana/benchmark... bbl
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Any volunteers for making an operating system kernel? Or has that been done already? Well, there's a PC emulator, http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html

bpierre 12y ago

There is also js-git [1], a complete implementation of git in JS, founded by two fundraisers [2][3]. [1] https://github.com/creationix/js-git https://github.com/creationix/js-git [2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creationix/js-git https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creationix/js-git [3] https://www.bountysource.com/teams/js-git/fundraiser https://www.bountysource.com/teams/js-git/fundraiser

nawitus 12y ago

https://github.com/charliesome/jsos https://github.com/charliesome/jsos

icebraining 12y ago

Well, the NetBSD kernel has been ported to JS: http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to_javascript http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to_... It's using emscripten, not handwritten JS, though.

agumonkey 12y ago
My favorite emscripten demo was https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/12/mozilla-and-epic-preview-unreal-engine-4-running-in-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/12/mozilla-and-epic-pr... It was really impressive to see UE4 running at ~7 fps on an old ThinkPad (without discrete GPU) in pure software.
- jcrites 12y ago
  Do you happen to have a link to the demo? I looked around but haven't been able to find it. It looks like the demo lived at the time at https://www.unrealengine.com/html5 https://www.unrealengine.com/html5 - and the site doesn't seem to work through Wayback Machine.
  - agumonkey 12y ago
    I randomly clicked on an URL Brendan Eich gave on twitter. Maybe this http://kripken.github.io/misc-js-benchmarks/banana/benchmark.html http://kripken.github.io/misc-js-benchmarks/banana/benchmark... bbl

dragonwriter 12y ago

> Any volunteers for making an operating system kernel? Or has that been done already? Well, there's a PC emulator, http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html