OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads (opens in new tab)

(osv.io)

27 pointswesternmostcoy12y ago8 comments

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fotcorn12y ago· 3 in thread

A big part is written in C++, for example the interrupt descriptor table is managed by a class: https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv/blob/master/arch/x64...

Yes, and to be more specific, OSv is written in C++11 which is a big improvement over earlier C++ standards.

And the console is JavaScript (using Rhino).

The CLI is actually CRaSH which is written in Groovy:

The JavaScript CLI is being phased out.

xer0x12y ago

Ideas like this seem to be the future. I specifically like the small container concept that this shares with Docker.

yules12y ago

This is one cool project. Looking forward.

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