LXer: 64-bit OS written entirely in assembly

LXer · 05-28-2011, 01:41 AM

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The goal of the BareMetal project, which includes a stripped-down bootloader and a cluster computing platform is to get away from the inefficient obfuscated machine code generated by higher level languages like C/C++ and Java. By writing the OS in assembly, runtime speeds are increased, and there’s very little overhead for when every clock cycle counts.

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H_TeXMeX_H · 05-28-2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by LXer

The goal of the BareMetal project, which includes a stripped-down bootloader and a cluster computing platform is to get away from the inefficient obfuscated machine code generated by higher level languages like C/C++ and Java.

I want benchmarks before I believe that part.