Why a New OS ?

Why computers need a new direction for system software, and what this new direction is

by François-René Bân Rideau \DD\a(.ng-V\u~

Part I needs some rewriting,
Part II is only half done,
Part III is only a draft.

Please excuse this article still not being finished.
Any help finishing it, any feedback, any pointer appreciated.

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Abstract

In this paper, we try to analyze the nature, goals and means of a computing system. We thus find out that existing "operating system" design is deeply flawed, and try to reconstitute how a computing system should be. We see how this problem connects to that of the expressive power of a computer language, which we develop. Finally, we apply those principles to current techonology, and try to dissipate some myths about current computer abstractions believed to be fundamental.


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