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NetBSD To Support Kernel Development In Lua Scripting

Posted by timothy on from the point-of-entry dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NetBSD 7.0 will support the Lua scripting language within its kernel for developing drivers and new sub-systems. A Lua scripting interpreter is being added to the NetBSD kernel along with a kernel API so developers can use this scripting language rather than C for developing new BSD kernel components. Expressed reasons for supporting a scripting language in a kernel were rapid application development, better configuration, and "modifying software written in C is hard for users." In a presentation it was said that Lua in the kernel will let users explore their system in an easy way."

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  1. Performance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Won't that kill performance?

    I mean that's the reason we still write kernels in C. Every cycle counts..