[smc-discuss] A technical doubt

[Rajeev J Sebastian]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Navaneeth.K.N <navaneethkn at gmail.com> wrote:
> You forgot to reply to the list.  :)
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Jayadevan Raja <jayadevanraja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> @Navaneeth
>> Singularity does not natively run any Windows applications. Similarly, GNU
>> User-land and its applications will not run on JNode or JXOS. This is
>> because of lack of forward compatibility for the old systems.
>>
>> The absence of forward compatibility ensures that a big change will lead to
>> loss of backward compatibility. Thus we are forced to use the systems made
>> in 1960s and 1970s, with some modifications. We thus invest more time and
>> money in old systems, and in turn get more dependent on the old systems.
>>
>> So, for our long-term interests, shouldn't we modernise our systems, even
>> though it may mean breaking backward compatibility?
>
> Yes. I agree with you. My point was, Singularity is still a research
> project and not mature enough for people to start using it. Until it
> gets stable builds, community may move. But the change will be very
> slow.
>
> I am an early follower of Singularity and I have great interest in
> that project. But I still don't think that it can replace any of the
> current operating systems anytime soon.
>
>> Java, Object orientation, micro-kernels and Language-based systems are
>> indeed far simpler than the Unix architecture, C-Language, monolithic
>> kernels and procedural paradigm. So, we need systems far simpler than Unix.
>>
>
> I disagree. It's subjective, but after working with Java for years, I
> know how easy is that to make simple things complex with it. It's an
> OO problem than Java.
>
> The simplicity that Unix and simple languages like C gives you is
> nowhere comparable with Java or any other framework.


I don't know how you got the impression that C was simple.

Regards
Rajeev J Sebastian