Functional Computer from the ground up
Misters,
Let me introduce myself : Guillaume FORTAINE, French Engineer in
Computer Science. Some people know me and some other don't. In all the
cases, it's an honour for me to send to you this mail. I am currently
doing researches about FPGAs engineering and Functional Programming
Languages.
I am currently involved in the OpenFlightLinux project :
http://openflightlinux.org/
“The Open FlightLinux Project is an open source paragon that strives to
provide sustainable technology through superior engineering,
next-generation design concepts, and open standards.”
and I am currently thinking about the design of a true next-gen
Operating Sytem. After many thoughts, I believe that it could be of
interest for
everybody to have a common basis for Next-Generation Systems to promote
research and to skip reinventing the wheel every time. As you are the
main leaders of the most promising functional stuff research, I decided
to contact you. Here is the starting point of my reflexion :
http://lists.tunes.org/archives/tunes/2007-July/004097.html
I have to say I'm impressed with Ubuntu Linux... it was painless to
install, and it just works. I won't be thinking about how to improve
Linux anymore, just looking forward to its successor... which just might
be Tunes. (Doubtful
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