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A minimal kernel in Swift running in QEMU
Original: A minimal kernel in Swift, running in QEMU
A developer has written a minimal operating system kernel in Swift and demonstrated it running under the QEMU emulator, with a write-up on the approach. The project shows Swift, typically used for apps on Apple platforms and servers, can be pushed down to bare-metal systems programming. Reactions in the developer community are focused on how far the language can stretch beyond its usual application-level role.
Why now: Low-level hobby OS projects using unusual languages reliably draw strong interest from systems programmers.
Evidence
- A minimal kernel in Swift, running in QEMU · surprisetalk · 104
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