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Singularity: A research OS written in C#
MS Researchers Jim Larus and Galen Hunt lead an intriguing project where they've built an OS using managed code. The project is known as Singularity. In their own words: Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We are building a research operating system prototype (called Singularity), extending programming languages, and developing new techniques and tools for specifying and verifying program behavior. Besides Singularity's kernel being successfully written in C# (how cool is that!)
Here is the long-awaited demo of the latest incarnation of Singularity, a research operating system written primarily in safe C#. See Singularity III: Return of the SIP, here .
Singularity IV: Return of the UI
Announcement: A new major release, RDK 2.0, is now available! Download source code or a bootable ISO at the Releases tab, or retrieve the latest Source Code from the repository at the Source Code tab. Project Description The Singularity Research Development Kit (RDK) is based on the Microsoft Research Singularity Project .
Singularity RDK
"...it is impossible to predict how a singularity will affect objects in its causal future." - NCSA Cyberia Glossary
Singularity - Microsoft Research
Singularity: Rethinking Dependable System Design
What would software look like if it were designed from scratch with dependability and trustworthiness as the primary goal? That’s the question Microsoft Research’s Galen Hunt , Jim Larus , and a team of colleagues asked themselves when they embarked on an ambitious research project in 2003. Five years later, they’re ready to propose an answer: It would look like Singularity , a new system-architecture and operating system built on advances in programming languages and tools.