Real Microkernel Need C coders

[Adam]

I'll get to the facts and just give me sometime. Just by looking at the
machs code you should be able to tell it has some problems.

Really my number 1 problem with mach, is it isn't an entire operating
system. Not even a kernel, but part of a kernel.

 

[dandelion]

... nor that of a string character.

<* snigger *>

God is real, unless declared integer...

 

[Chris Barts]

Really my number 1 problem with mach, is it isn't an entire operating
system. Not even a kernel, but part of a kernel.

Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this the point? Mach is a /microkernel/: It
doesn't do everything Linux or Windows or any of the common BSDs do,
because it expects to host something like Darwin or HURD that does a lot
of the things that provides the system with a look-and-feel. (In fact, I
think Mach is capable of hosting a lot of instances of HURD or Darwin on
the same machine (or cluster of machines), hardware limitations permitting.)

This whole thread is very much OT for comp.lang.c, but I would like some
response to this post.

 

[jacob navia]

Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this the point? Mach is a /microkernel/: It
doesn't do everything Linux or Windows or any of the common BSDs do,
because it expects to host something like Darwin or HURD that does a lot
of the things that provides the system with a look-and-feel. (In fact, I
think Mach is capable of hosting a lot of instances of HURD or Darwin on
the same machine (or cluster of machines), hardware limitations
permitting.)

This whole thread is very much OT for comp.lang.c, but I would like some
response to this post.

The problem is that "Adam" doesn't realize that. Mach is real
software, i.e. it runs. Mr "Adam" is just a wannabe without
any technical background.

Instead of studying what an OS is, he just says:
"brain damaged" and asks that we should code for him.

jacob