Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ukma!sean
From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mach, Unix, and NeXT
Message-ID: <10393@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 88 21:10:43 GMT
References: <73275@sun.uucp> <10298@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
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In article <10298@eddie.MIT.EDU> jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes:
>In article <73275@sun.uucp> swilson@sun.UUCP () writes:
>>What is the scope of Mach?  Is it just the kernel, or does it
>>include utilites as well?
>
>The Mach distribution from CMU is based on 4.3 BSD for utilities and
>part of the kernel.  The virtual-memory, multi-tasking, IPC, and
>(mapped) I/O are completely new (i.e. not based on 4.3 at all).

How does it compare speed-wise?

Sean
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