[movitz-devel] OS decisions

[Shawn Betts]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Brian Makin<merimus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some architecture questions... some of which may not have been decided
> yet.
>
> Do we want to support 32 and 64 bit?

I believe Frode was working on a 64bit port.

> SMP?

Sure, why not?

> Will there be virtual memory?

You sorta have to if you want to access all the computer's memory don't you?

> Memory protection?

In many ways lisp doesn't need memory protection since you don't
create pointers out of thin air like in C. That said, it could be
useful for security purposes if movitz was a multiuser system.

> What kind of file system? or use an existing one?

I think an existing one would be fine.

> Will it have a console or be gui driven?

Both of course! :)

-Shawn