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From: pezely@cis.udel.edu (Daniel Pezely)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Where is Minix headed?
Keywords: Minix for grad courses?
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Date: 15 Oct 90 17:21:40 GMT
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>From:     Andy Tanenbaum <ast@cs.vu.nl>
>Subject:  Re:  Where is MINIX headed?
>
>We have gone through this before.  It is just not technically feasible.
>The "hook" for virtual memory or shared text or most other proposals
>is pages of code all over the place.  This kind of "hook" makes the code
>incomprehensible for the students.
>
>My idea of a hook consist of 3 lines of code:
>
>#ifdef FEATURE_3274
>  run_virtual_memory_code();
>#endif
>
>If that were possible, I would not mind.  It's just not possible.

I do understand what you're saying, but what about the students who
want to learn about more advanced features of a high performance os?

Oh yes, I keep forgetting that nothing really useful is taught in
school and such things are learned independently or on-the-job. :-)

Anyone care to change that?  

Andy, you have a good os book for undergrads.  Now, as an encore, how
about a book for the grad student level?  
But I'm sure you've been asked this many times before...

-cowboy dan
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