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From: watmath!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!jevans@uunet.UU.NET (David Jevans)
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Subject: Mach experiences on butterfly
Keywords: anyone used it?
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Date: 15 May 89 17:20:57 GMT
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We are going to Mach on our Butterfly sometime in
the next few weeks.  My first duty will be to
port our TimeWarp simulation system from
Chrysalis to the new OS.  Has anyone used both
Mach and Chrysalis or ported from one to the
other? 

The reason for the inquiry is that I have heard
ugly rumours about the bugginess of Mach.  I
have heard of projects being abandonded, and
of people reverting to Chrysalis due to problems
with Mach.

If the consensus is that Mach is a real horror-show,
we'll likely delay the port until next year, and
simply alternate between Mach and Chrysalis
(boot Chrysalis on monday, wednesday, and friday :-)

Any email responses are most welcome.

David Jevans, U of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary AB  T2N 1N4  Canada
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