I've followed Dynamicland for a bit. I'm completely enamored with the project, and yet I agree with you, the implementation is...not right. The goal is admirable but the approach feels like a step away from it, not towards it. Still, that's likely a side effect of simply trying to break the mold of computing we've all grown familiar with (even as it morphs away from the PC and into mobile and IoT).
The primary indication I see that the project is at least somewhat flawed is this: I don't think you could build Dynamicland's systems in Dynamicland (the same way you might write a new C compiler in C). I don't think that's their target, but I don't believe you can accomplish their mission without that characteristic.
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I've followed Dynamicland for a bit. I'm completely enamored with the project, and yet I agree with you, the implementation is...not right. The goal is admirable but the approach feels like a step away from it, not towards it. Still, that's likely a side effect of simply trying to break the mold of computing we've all grown familiar with (even as it morphs away from the PC and into mobile and IoT).
The primary indication I see that the project is at least somewhat flawed is this: I don't think you could build Dynamicland's systems in Dynamicland (the same way you might write a new C compiler in C). I don't think that's their target, but I don't believe you can accomplish their mission without that characteristic.
Dynamicland mostly bootstraps itself (except for some of the hardware bits) - https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/1000625841326309376