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writting an os in klingon
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:34 am
by Pyrofan1
I just thought of this, how about writing a parser for a language in C and write your os in this language and then have the parser interpret this language.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:03 am
by os64dev
and the added value might be ... ? If you want a challenge try writing an os in binary just zero's and one's also funny but imho just as pointless as writing an os in klingon.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:08 am
by Pyrofan1
I'm still going to do it, Qapla'
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:25 am
by os64dev
You definitly need all the success you can get.
Hoch 'ebmey tIjon.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:11 am
by inflater
And who will make a operating system in Brainfuck?
inflater
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:06 am
by Aali
you dont need to create the parser yourself, there's already a klingon programming language (google around for it), you'd just have to add some low-level stuff so you can interface with hardware and you'll be set
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:42 am
by AndrewAPrice
inflater wrote:And who will make a operating system in Brainfuck?
inflater
Maybe, extend it to support writing and reading to/from ports. What we need is a high-level language which can eliminate the need for assembly in an OS (besides maybe the bootloader).
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:06 pm
by redwolf
Might this make a more secure OS?
After all,who would understand the source code in Klingon?It would all fall back to machine language in the end,though.
Fun thoughts,
Redwolf
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:09 pm
by Combuster
redwolf wrote:Might this make a more secure OS?
Security through obscurity, yes
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:21 pm
by redwolf
Different kind of obscurity.Not like moving telnet port to another port.
Who would seriously learn Klingon,or know what it is to begin with,just to read some source code?I'm sure if it became commonplace,it would be a different story,though.
But this is obscurity.IMHO,anyway.
Regards,
Redwolf
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:17 pm
by jnc100
redwolf wrote:Might this make a more secure OS?
After all,who would understand the source code in Klingon?
You can crack Windows without seeing (and let alone understanding) the source code...
Regards,
John.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:44 pm
by redwolf
Got me there.
Regards,
Redwolf
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:47 am
by AndrewAPrice
jnc100 wrote:redwolf wrote:Might this make a more secure OS?
After all,who would understand the source code in Klingon?
You can crack Windows without seeing (and let alone understanding) the source code...
Regards,
John.
Or go to your local uni/college and get a copy of the shared source Windows Vista kernel.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:51 am
by enrico_granata
I don't think professors will share though
( which is rather unfortunate IMHO )