Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:59:47 -0800 (PST) | From | "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <> | Subject | Re: forth interpreter as kernel module |
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On 5 Apr 2002, David N. Welton wrote:
> > [ please CC replies to me ] > > Once upon a time, I had a rather random idea, and, acting on it, I > wedged a forth interpreter into the Linux kernel. I've always wanted > to clean it up and do things nicely, but have never really found the > time or the motivation.
We had another similar post a few weeks ago. *Two* Linux kernel Forth interpreters in one year -- what are the odds? :)
Seriously, though, a Forth that could be accessed inside the kernel has profound (in)security implications. I'm not sure I like the thought of something as powerful as Forth available with kernel privileges. It would make an interesting debugging / diagnostic tool if "kgdb", etc. didn't exist, but given that there *are* some debug tools already, I'm not sure what I'd do with it.
Now a *user-space* full-featured Forth -- something like Tom Zimmer's Windows32 Forth or Forth, Inc.'s SwiftForth -- with GUIs and all the other goodies -- now *that* I'd love to have. But a tiny Forth in the kernel? Nope. -- M. Edward Borasky znmeb@borasky-research.net
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