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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
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Subject: Re: Coherent Unix?
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Date: 15 Nov 90 01:36:03 GMT
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ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>In article <kbDrfFG00VAC02N5xk@andrew.cmu.edu> hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes:
>>Anyone out there know about Coherent Unix (whose advertisement is frequently
>>seen in Byte magazine)? What exactly is the product? A unix operating system
>>or just a collection of unix utilities for DOS? Also, which magazine can I find
>>reviews on it?
>
>Coherent is indeed a true Unix.  The biggest catch is supposed to
>be the fact that the C compiler only works in small memory model.

True Unix my foot.  It's not compatable with anything at the system call and
library level.  Doesn't comply with SVID (System V Interface Definitions) or
POSIX.  Also, CCCP (Coherent-to-Coherent CoPy) is broken.  Byte did a review
of Coherent.  Turned out to be a much bigger lemon than I had even envisioned.

What was surprising is that the Byte Labs Unix benchmark did compile under
Coherent, but would not run.  Now that was worth a good laugh or two after I
read that in their review on it.
 
     // JCA

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