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From: malcolm@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Malcolm Lui)
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Subject: Which is better, Process-Based or Object-Based OS?
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Date: 15 Mar 90 00:46:17 GMT
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In your opinion, which type of operating system do you think is
better, process-based OS such as Mach, or object-based OS such as
Cronus?

Could you also please explain why?

I feel that object-based OS may have the edge due to:

		 - Capabilities for control of object access and modification
		 - Encapsulation that allows for easy design of objects.
		 - Nested objects

I'm sure that processer-based OS have their advantages, but I
am not familiar enough with them.

Do you have any opinion on either type of OS?

Thanks for your time and ideas.

Malcolm Lui

E-mail: malcolm@CS.UCLA.EDU  or  ...!{trwspp,cepu,uclachem}!ucla-cs!malcolm