Why is it all in the kernel?

(lawrencecpaulson.github.io)

16 points | by ibobev 4 days ago

3 comments

  • yjftsjthsd-h 51 minutes ago
    Proof assistant kernel, not operating system kernel - in case, like me, you clicked in hoping to debate the merits of microkernels vs monolithic:) Although I suppose there is a significant analogy, since the argument here... if I understood right... is very close to the classic 'and now a small defect in a device driver just panicked the system or gave an attacker root', just in math terms.
    • wseqyrku 4 minutes ago
      > Proof assistant kernel, not operating system kernel

      It's the neologism they use to own the word and define it however they want. The other one is 'harness' that I didn't even click to see what they want it to mean.

    • eru 30 minutes ago
      Yes, the analogy might help. Though as far as I know the common OS kernel reply 'we have to stick it all in the kernel to achieve performance' doesn't apply to proof assistants.
  • red_trumpet 36 minutes ago
  • monocasa 18 minutes ago