Loper-Os is a really interesting project and Stanislav is an endearingly stubborn idealist. Though that way of writing can be off-putting to some, I find that voices from the extreme ends of the spectrum can be informative of where we might be going wrong / right (Stallman, Terry A. Davis)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1271662" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1271662</a><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3293657" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3293657</a>
<i>The “bignum” arithmetic libraries currently in common use were, near as I can tell, all and without exception written by NSA assets and their various “useful idiots”. The conclusion is difficult to avoid, given as every example known to me suffers from one or more of the following ills...</i><p>:popcorn-emoji:
Different goal, but if you read this and are wondering <i>what</i> finite field operations are, and <i>why</i> they are important --- at least in part --- then a series of articles I am writing might be of interest:<p><a href="https://www.embeddedrelated.com/showarticle/1065.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.embeddedrelated.com/showarticle/1065.php</a>
He reminds me a bit of this guy:<p><a href="http://templeos.org/" rel="nofollow">http://templeos.org/</a><p>Smart as hell, working on a totally unique operating system, but sorta crazy.