Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:56:47 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <20020228145647.GB2061@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <15486.16889.146502.143165@guru.mired.org> References: <20020227142303.A65635@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15484.63760.663944.125557@guru.mired.org> <20020227163501.A66574@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15485.4354.561280.729573@guru.mired.org> <20020228020025.B65094@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> <15485.40778.433515.165006@guru.mired.org> <20020228070237.GI3311@raggedclown.net> <15485.55616.947697.70199@guru.mired.org> <20020228142249.GB1805@raggedclown.net> <15486.16889.146502.143165@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:43:05AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> types: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:16:16AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Wimp. I learned C reading the v6 kernel, and using the photo7 C > > > compiler just to make life interesting. > > On the other hand the first language I learnt was Fortran 4 on a CDC > > 7600, at the time the most powerful computer in the world (designed by > > Mr Cray no less, before he left CDC to go on to .. well you know > > those big things that don't have operating systems) > > Hey, our big thing from that company had an operating system. It was > called UniCOS, and looked like Unix System III, IIRC. > Ah yes, you are right. But I thought there was a school of thought in the massively parallel processor world that you don't need an O/S, and that languages like Occam avoid the need for one (I am reaching the penumbra of my knowledge here I will be the first to admit). > > <mike > > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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