Is it possible to write a full blown operating system (such as Linux) in Python? I mean writing a kernal, and then other applications that the kernal calls, without having Windows, Linux, UNIX, or Macintosh OS installed on your computer?
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Jump to PostYes, there is a devlopment of a full featured GUI Operating System written in Python under the name Unununium (wouldn't be my choice), nicknamed after the 111th chemical element 'Roentgenium', whose temporary IUPAC name until November 2004 was 'Unununium'. See:
Jump to Postthe link doesn't work
Jump to PostMore information on Unununium Python based OS, also kindly known as UUU, can be had at:
http://unununium.org/introduction
Jump to PostIn the end all your computer understand is machine code, it does not care if you used C, Assembly, Java, python or qbasic.
The main problem with making a OS in python, is that it need alot of conversion to turn to machine code and that takes time crucial …
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