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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by fotcorn on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @06:07AM (#6398428)
A big part is written in C++, for example the interrupt descriptor table is managed by a class: https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv/blob/master/arch/x64...
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by penberg on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @07:18AM (#6398620)
Yes, and to be more specific, OSv is written in C++11 which is a big improvement over earlier C++ standards.
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by justincormack on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @06:31AM (#6398493)
And the console is JavaScript (using Rhino).
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by penberg on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @07:09AM (#6398596)
The CLI is actually CRaSH which is written in Groovy:

http://www.crashub.org/

The JavaScript CLI is being phased out.

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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by justincormack on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @12:30PM (#6400247)
OK I was just having a look round this morning not really knowing what was where. Is there a sort of roadmap?
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by westernmostcoy on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @03:55AM (#6398135)
Announcement on kvm mailing list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg95768.htm...
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by xer0x on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @08:19PM (#6402712)
Ideas like this seem to be the future. I specifically like the small container concept that this shares with Docker.
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Re:OSv, probably the best OS for cloud workloads by yules on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @05:11AM (#6398327)
This is one cool project. Looking forward.
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