Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:47:59 -0400 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Oliver Fehr <Oliver.Fehr@ofehr.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advanced OS Questions only you can answer... Message-ID: <39A470BF.B20F9AE5@bellatlantic.net> References: <ICEJIODGDNKLAKFMLGACMEGECBAA.oliver.fehr@ofehr.com> <39A2D2FA.46CCCA52@softweyr.com> <00082221322801.26000@yalta.ofehr.com> <39A36B78.EAC2192@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > Oliver Fehr wrote: > > Well, the book covers UNIX and DOS, at least on of which can be considered > > a modern operating system. You be the judge which on ... > > Neither. One is not an operating system, but merely a game loader, and > the other is over 30 years old and dates to the days of mechanial tele- > types and punched paper tape as input/output devices. If you haven't > studied at least two of the above, you have no chance of understanding > why UNIX isn't a modern operating system. It is the conceptual parent > of all of the above, though. Acutually I found reading the Lions book (Unix V6 with commentaries) very helpful. The reason is that Unix V6 is small and simple, contains only the basic concepts unobscured yet by decades of features and optimisations. Helps a lot in understanding things. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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