@eric >I know it doesn't have a kernel
Care to explain the multiple kernels right here then?;
https://www.gnu.org/software/linux-libre/
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ (contains a kernel)
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnumach/
There's even more kernels too, but I can't remember the package names now.

>because one day Hurd will reach 1.0 and by then GNU will be an operating system
I don't get the fixation on how GNU is somehow not an OS merely because there is one GNU package that is an experimental kernel.

What even confounds me more is how a version number not being 1 somehow makes something not an OS.

On Hurd today, you can enjoy doing your computation with GNU Emacs and the rest of GNU's software.

>It will happen one day and I am willing to bet real money on it.
Obviously it's an easy bet to bet on something happening that has already happened - you can't lose.