Re: [Objex-developers] Objex planning

[Andrew L. <er...@li...>]

Hi,

Mikhail Zabaluev wrote:

> Hello objex-developers,
>
> I was looking for a truly novel OS project which would have all
> features I expect of "the next great OS". So I came upon Objex :)
> The brief descriptions on the site are nice,
>
Thank you ;-)

> but, well, too brief.
>
Unfortunately, It is true. This is because I am developing Objex during
my spare time.


> Do you guys have any more extended master plan?
>
Yes, This plan is in my mind ;-)

>  It would be very
> elucidative, e.g. to learn what that object system in CVS is for,
>
Did you mean objex-M1 branch? If so, these are rough drafts of system
objects
of future operating system Objex. Recently I have put there sources
(incomplete)
of  main Objex objects: "Object", "Class", "Metaclass", "Operation" and
so on.
Please, take a look.

>  and
> how do you see processes interacting with the system.
>
There is no term of  "process" in Objex. The main notion is Object. All
things are
objects. User's object will interact with system one by method
invocation.
Every class is inherited from Object class. Object class has methods
which
return references to few system objects (for bootstrapping). So every
object has such methods.

>  Brace yourself,
> my question-thrower is uncovered and ready to fire :)
>
> One of the interesting issues is the academic background. You plegde
> to encompass recent developments in computer science. Does any of you
> try to pursue any research goals on this project, to implement any
> theoretical model in it?
>
The short answer is yes.

>  I ended my academic activity more than 3
> years ago (Moscow Univ., the CS department whose name shall not be
> translated here :)), and I still feel warm to these things.
>
Of course, Objex is open for new ideas. So you are welcome to join to
Objex
project.

>  But I
> think that a successful system should have a practical angle first of
> all (*ahem* Hurd *ahem*).
>
Undoubtedly!

> --
> Stay tuned,
>   MhZ                                     JID: mo...@ja...
>
>
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