Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263407AbTFTQsD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:48:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263451AbTFTQsD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:48:03 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:38869 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263407AbTFTQry (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:47:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:01:20 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Jesse Pollard Cc: Larry McVoy , Nick LeRoy , Stephan von Krawczynski , Werner Almesberger , miquels@cistron-office.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-ID: <20030620170120.GI17563@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Jesse Pollard , Larry McVoy , Nick LeRoy , Stephan von Krawczynski , Werner Almesberger , miquels@cistron-office.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <063301c32c47$ddc792d0$3f00a8c0@witbe> <200306200944.05937.nleroy@cs.wisc.edu> <20030620151750.GA17563@work.bitmover.com> <03062011583901.27684@tabby> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03062011583901.27684@tabby> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 7, AWL, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1020 Lines: 20 On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:58:39AM -0500, Jesse Pollard wrote: > > One thing that is "new" is a passion for keeping the kernel fast with a > > lean system call layer. I _love_ that part of Linux, it may seem subtle, > > but Linux is really the only operating system where you can use the OS > > level services as if they were library calls and not really notice that you > > are going into to the kernel. That's very cool and you could say it is new > > in terms of cleanliness and discipline. > > Uhhh that is 20 years old... the original MULTICs had that. You've missed the key term "fast". Unix exists because MULTICS was slow. What part of "keeping the kernel fast" was unclear? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/