From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: psema4@gmail.com (Scott Elcomb) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:37:02 -0500 Subject: [9fans] Hi from a new fan Message-ID: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3f4a5988-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Just like to take a quick moment to say hello to the list and introduce myself. Hi there! =D For roughly the last 6 years or so, I've been picking away at "Atomic OS" - a metaphorical OS / abstraction layer for web application developers. (That's my goal anyway.) Initially the direction was influenced by Linux, but given limitations inherent to browser-based environments, I needed to find analogues for things like files, devices, and processes. Some time ago it struck me that a great deal of functionality is exposed via file-based interfaces in the *nix family of systems ("everything is a file") and that, with a shift in perspective, JavaScript objects could easily be viewed in the same light. Fast forward to last week and a conversation pops up on the GTALUG mailing list[1], referencing Plan 9's manpage for a draw device. Curious about the subject line "everything is a file," I had a look and am really glad for it. After several days of playing around, I really look forward to learning and experimenting further with Plan 9 and Inferno. For any who might be interested in my toy, there's a bare-bones, pre-alpha, lotsa-lil-broken-things demo[2] (eventually to become a reference implementation) at . No "devices" yet[3] and the only "process" is the shell, but it does (more or less[4]) work. I expect to redesign around an implementation of 9P/Styx in the not-too-distant future[5]. =) Unicibus ipsis Unicior, - Scott [1] [2] For WebKit & Gecko browsers - IE probably wont work, but mobile should be ok [3] I was working on a simple networking device when I read [1]; something will be committed soon [4] If in doubt, use absolute paths [5] After HTML5's WebRTC & PeerConnect API's go mainstream -- ? Scott Elcomb ? @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca ? Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems ? http://code.google.com/p/atomos/ ? Member of the Pirate Party of Canada ? http://www.pirateparty.ca/