Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Pournelle Message-ID: Date: 2 Oct 88 23:24:59 GMT References: <5384@fluke.COM> <9362@swan.ulowell.edu> <800@super.ORG> <2731@sugar.uu.net> Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 45 In article <2731@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article , limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: > > The one thing about OS/2 that kills me is that all the theory looks > > like it's going to work. Every design choice is the one that I would > > have picked (except one small one) if I had to implement an OS on a > > segmented CPU. Almost makes me want to but a machine with an Intel > > chip... naaaah. > > Me to, except in my case that one design change would be: > > Start with UNIX. No, if I wanted Unix, I'd get Unix. Remember, this is a fresh-start OS. I really love Unix but I dread seeing it in homes. Then again, I'm sure someone has come up with a version of Unix that doesn't require hiring a $18,500 sysadmin to keep it running. (Is anyone still selling "I [heart] my sysadmin" bumper stickers?) > > Rip the kernel to shreds, if you like, but start with the UNIX programmer > interface. Interim versions would be smaller and available a lot sooner. > UNIX is overdue for an internal redesign anyway, but the interface is still > the best I've ever seen. There are just a couple of system calls that need > to be added, and Mach has them. I'd like to see Mach. I'd also like to see OS/2 (besides BSing with programmers at PC-Expo in NYC over the summer and reading the book). Of course, I'd like to have enough money to be able to quit school and re-write Unix. Ha ha ha, yeah right. Have you read the book yet? OS/2 has a real nice name space and the interface to the OS is nice too. Everything is called by putting things on the stack like PASCAL does it. All names begin with the name of library. It's very consistant. > -- > Peter da Silva `-_-' peter@sugar.uu.net Tom "I like AmigaDOS... really!" Limoncelli -- Tom Limoncelli -- Drew University, Box 1060, Madison, NJ 07940 TLimonce@Drew.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net -- VoiceMail (201)408-5389 Drew College of Liberal Arts: male/female ratio: 2:3 student/pc ratio: 1:1 "The opinions expressed are mine... just mine."