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This appears to be a software stack written by one guy who doesn't really believe in marketing. Moderately difficult to work out what is here from the docs but there is GPL'd source available.

There's a language and I think a bespoke database. Some web things. Probably not an OS and there are references to a patched Linux kernel.

Quite difficult to determine the language semantics. I think it's a hybrid of lisp and C.



found this:

A minimal FullPliant installation is composed of:

- A Linux kernel,

- A tiny set of executables and libraries picked from an Ubuntu distribution

- Pliant.


There are places in the site that say it provides everything of an OS except the kernel. So it's basically on par with GNU or so needing a Linux or FreeBSD kernel to complete the system.

The site also refers to the language as a superset of C with an instance-based object model, dynamic compilation, reflexivity, and metaprogramming capability.


If you spend a few minutes you should be able to easily find the documentation that explains all of it.




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