Re: [9fans] Grid computing architecture w/ 9P + Java ;-)

["Fernan Bolando" <fernanbolando@mailc.net>]

On 12/1/08, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
>
> I'm currently playing around with some ideas for a new (or perhaps
> very old ? ;-o) computing architecture, based on 9P + Java.
> It's a bit of old Burroughs MF, a bit of Ambric and a bit ja Java ;-o
>
> The idea bind: have a bunch of tiny Java machines (not the whole
> JEE bloat, just a very small set of basic classes) which talk to
> each other through filesystems (of course via 9P ;-P).
>
> At the moment, I'm doing a massive trim-down of Jamvm+classpath,
> leaving in only what's needed for a small hello-world.
>
> Later, I'll create an minimalistic embedded firmware for small
> devices which then should run in an grid.
>
>
> If anyone's interested, just let me know.
>
>

Hi

That is very cool I am doing something similar ( I think ).
In hugs (haskell interpreter) there are some things that relies on
loadable modules. I created a plumber call and it launches a handler
for some of those things.

Now I can use libraries from p9p and 9vx without porting. I am
guessing it would also work on a remote machine, meaning I can compile
the handler on a super fast plan9 or a p9p machine and just mount the
plumber and run my haskell code as usuall.

This also means that any language that has file IO will be able to use
the handlers.

I am not sure if plumber was designed to do this, but it seems to work
on some of my simple arithmetic libraries.


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