Hi all,
Some days ago i discovered something interesting for myself, a Garbage Collector (and all the different implementations of it).
Here i wrote something about it:
http://circlesoftrust.blogspot.be/2014/01/shocked-by-garbage-collector.html
Feel free to comment. I would like to read your way of thinking about it. And learn other new interesting things there are about it. Its all still kind of new to me. I think.

Also you can take a look at something other i have also some thoughts about.
http://circlesoftrust.blogspot.be/2013/12/a-computer-is-general-purpose-device.html
Where i mean to say that OS is not an OS without Compiler. Since hardware-matically tablets and smartphones are able to do some light programming. Like some exercises while you are studying. With the right software. But are actually kind of restricted programmatically to not be able to do this. Programming i mean.

There is also something about the package manager. Because its also a very interesting subject.

Thanks in advance,
Nikolai

Glad you found something interesting. Though I'm guessing there's a language barrier when you say "OS is not an OS without Compiler".

thx,
you mean i had to write: "an OS is not an OS without a Compiler"?
yes, ofc, there is a language barrier
edit:
p.s. Maybe internet teaches me bad grammar
(or kind of really dont care about it)

This post was edited by Nikolai_D on Jan 11 2014 08:05am

i wasn't referring to your grammar. a compiler just translates a high level language to a low level language. having a compiler on your machine has nothing to do with being an operating system. windows 7 is still windows 7 even if i dont have a java compiler on my machine. it doesn't mean windows 7 is any less of an operating system because of it. i assume you just chose the wrong words via language barrier as opposed to you really believe what you wrote. but the rest of your paragraph seems to imply you do, so i'm not sure what you meant.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Jan 11 2014 08:21am

hi there,
thats me again,
same as i mention in my blogpost about the garbage collector,
the thing im trying to say is,
if even nokia n900 is able to run MonoDevelop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=873Ig7-wS9Q
yes i understand its just a proof of concept, and more 'sadistic' then useful,
but if even n900 with 256mb ram is able to run it,
i definitely want to be able to do the same on lets say Nexus 7 with one gig ram,
to for example be able to try/play with some C# exercises on the go,
this involves both having an compiler in the OS,
as also more performant OS which is closer to be precompiled thing, like Ubuntu Touch, or maybe Sailfish/MeeGo,
then this restricted kind of 'firmwares' like Android and iOS are. Where Android is JITed. Which means performance decrease to btw.
But its gonna be better, ART that will replace Dalvic will use Reference Counters instead of GC. Which is good.
And i hope in April i get a nice birthday present from Canonical in form of easily installable Ubuntu Touch on Nexus.
So i can run MonoDevelop on it.