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On Friday 07 September 2001 06:20 pm, Leif Svalgaard wrote: > > While my understanding of an OS came from my father who said to > > me, "If you really want to understand a processor, write an operating > > system for it." > > your father had a point, except that understanding a processor in itself > is not a useful thing to do. You have to put that understanding to work. He seemed to do okay. > My understanding of operating systems comes from having written (or for > one of them participated in writing it) six of them over the years. > You'll see that I here take the narrow view that the OS does not include > the kitchen sink. This was contrary to my other post where I argued that > the OS was "everything that came with the machine". The point being > that both positions can be defended and both can be useful. What I see here is that for a moment you accidentally referred to the actual operating system. You caught yourself. It's okay, I understand. -- Chris Rehm javadisciple@earthlink.net If you believe that the best technology wins the marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
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