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A Linux Kernel Module written in Scratch (a visual programming
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Seriously. Someone did this. Because... why not?

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Ready to have your mind blown... just a little? Check this out:

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"What am I looking at," you ask?

On the left is Scratch -- a visual programming tool, primarily geared
towards kids, to help with learning concepts of coding. Instead of
typing out your code, you drag and drop blocks of programming logic
into place. Snapping them together like a jig saw puzzle.

In this case, instead of a programming tutorial or a simple
children's game, the Scratch project is an actual Linux Kernel Module
.

On the right is some output from the Linux Kernel Log.

Those messages in the Linux Kernel Log were put there by that Linux
Kernel Module (using the "printk" function) built in Scratch.

That's right. It is now possible to build a functioning Linux Kernel
Module entirely in a visual programming tool intended for kids.
Because this is 2022, and we deserve to have some fun.

This bit of (awesome) madness is made possible thanks to the "
scratchnative" project, which takes a Scratch project and converts it
to C++. Thus opening up some truly ridiculous possibilities (such as
creating this kernel module or even writing a whole gosh darned
operating system).

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