Re: [Full-disclosure] Linus mass killing integer overflows

["Brian Eaton" <eaton.lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/1/06, f y <yoo.fok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > currently there are discussions for implementing COM in the
> > kernel and/or scripting the kernel from userland, but Linus hasn't made up
> > his mind yet.
>
> My wishlist for 2.8:
> -jvm (should boost my swing apps)
> -sql support to query kernel table and fs data
> -lisp and prolog interpreters (don't have a use for this but I'm sure
> somebody will need it)

The kernel folks have taken a seriously wrong turn here.  They should
have delayed the preview release until the garbage collector was
ready.  That's where the real value for these patches starts.

Regards,
Brian

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