Overview

theKernel

UPDATE	changes since nhi1-release-250425 : 400 files changed, 167 insertions, 1316 deletions
SUMMARY	theKernel - A library that adds an object layer with language bindings to the C language
NEWS FROM: 10 apr, 2025	The main focus was ATL integration into NHI10 . NEW feature NEW: MkRuntimeLogBufferPush and MkRuntimeLogBufferPop : Combine multiple individual LOG messages into a single message to prevent message fragmentation in the LOG target when there are multiple sources. Example from theKernel/c/MkBufferListS_mk.c MkRuntimeLogBufferPush(); HEAD("buffer-list") MkBufferListLogS (bfl, "bfl", MkOBJ(bfl), "buffer-list" ); HEAD("stack-trace"); MkSysPrintStackTrace_3 (MkOBJ(bfl), 0, "stack-trace"); MkRuntimeLogBufferPop(); RENAME: MkBufferAppendSTR to MkBufferAppendC → norminized name NEW: MkErrorCleanup → public api to cleanup the MkErrorS. UPDATE: MkErrorPrintln → add msg, proc and line argument. RENAME: type from MkSuperTypeS to MkTypeDefS → cleanup namespace. NEW: signal MK_ERROR_EXIT RENAME: MkSysPrintTrace to MkSysPrintStackTrace → norminized name RENAME: MkRuntimeLogTargetSet, MkRuntimeLogTargetReset NEW class-type feature The MkTypeS has the new MkTypeS::type_class feature to link an ordinary-type with a class-type. The class-type maintains a list of class instances NEW docomentation ADD: package-header-h files to provide better documentation for the TPL-C api: LibMkKernel_LNG.h
DETAILS	The world of software development often faces a fundamental challenge: harnessing the unparalleled performance and vast ecosystem of C libraries while building applications in modern, higher-level programming languages. Traditionally, this requires creating complex, language-specific bindings for each library and each target language. But what if there was a way to bridge this gap seamlessly, enabling you to Write Once → Run Everywhere ? Enter theKernel, a revolutionary infrastructure designed to provide a programming-language-independent-interface between a C librarie and a multitude of Target-Programming-Language (TPL). At its core lies the Programming-Language-Micro-Kernel (PLMK), implemented primarily by the C library libmkkernel. This isn't just another binding generator; it's a comprehensive system that defines an object-layer and manages the interaction between your robust C code and diverse language environments. The strategic approach is described as taking 4 years to write a programming-language, but it only takes 4 weeks to insert a micro-kernel. The magic happens through a sophisticated object-interface and an api-layer automatically generated by the meta-code-compiler (META-COMPILER).
DEPENDECIES	theCompiler

Summary

target	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5
mkkernel	HOWTO Micro-Kernel - the six Crisis		HOWTO Micro-Kernel - the Internals
mkkernel	INTRODUCTION	PACKAGE	MANAGED-OBJECT	PRIMITIVE TYPE	STORAGE MANAGEMENT

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